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Let there be light / the United States Army presents.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War neuroses.
- Military hospitals.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Veterans--Medical care--United States.
- Veterans.
- Veterans--Medical care.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (58 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Harrington Park, NJ : Milestone Films, 1948.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Banned for years and then shown with a very poor quality soundtrack, John Huston's LET THERE BE LIGHT was always highly regarded but a bit difficult to watch. Now with fully restored sound (by Chace Audio) and visual (by Colorlab), this is the best version of the legendary film. Huston's film about the effects of war then known as Shell Shock and Battle Fatique (now recognized as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD for short), was considered to be too disturbing and controversial, the film was suppressed by the military (confiscated by the Army Signal Corps) until it premiered in New York and at the Cannes Film Festival in 1981. Even then, names of soldiers were removed and sections edited out. Shot at Mason General Hospital in Brentwood, Long Island at the end of WWII, Huston followed the story of seventy-five soldiers who had suffered debilitating trauma experienced in the war. In the most dramatic scenes, soldiers are given sodium pentothal and recall past horrific events.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed January 03, 2017).
- "The United States Army presents PMF 5019".
- Other Format:
- Original version:
- OCLC:
- 971307860
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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