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1940s · United States · documentary

Let There Be Light (1946)

Directed by John Huston · 58 min

Year
1946
Running time
58 min
Countries
United States
Languages
English
Produced by
John Huston
A picture of the film's subject
The film’s subject — not a still from the film. Photo: John Huston, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

About the film

Let There Be Light is a documentary film directed by American filmmaker John Huston (1906–1987). It was the last in a series of four films directed by Huston while serving in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II.

The film was produced in 1946 and was intended to educate the public about post-traumatic stress disorder and its treatment among returning veterans, but its unscripted presentation of mental disability caused the U.S. government to suppress the film, and it was not released until the 1980s.

From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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