{"id":772,"ia_identifier":"gov.archives.arc.35924.r2","programme":"nara","naid":"r2","local_identifier":"111-M-1241","pin":null,"title":"LET THERE BE LIGHT (Reel 2)","year":1946,"date_raw":"1946-01-01T00:00:00Z","creator":"Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer","description":"National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 35924 / Local Identifier 111-M-1241 LET THERE BE LIGHT (Reel 2) Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964). DOCUMENTARY: Veterans' hospital (Mason General Hospital, Brentwood, NY.) showing ten week treatment program for men with psychological problems stemming from combat; men enter the hospital, go through the orientation, admission, and evaluation process as the narrator observes that these men, whose education, culture, and development rejects war, share common anxieties: fear, apprehension, disaster, hopelessness, death, and the fear of death; veterans relate their experiences, thoughts, and emotions to hospital medical and professional staff; at night dreams of combat and other fears interrupt the men as they try to sleep; next morning, as the process of diagnosis, treatment, and therapy begins, men undergo a series physical exams and psychological tests; shows individual and group counceling sessions; demonstrate use of hypnosis; as weeks pass, the positive affects of therapy become apparent; men relax in the recreation room as combat experiences are no longer blocks to present activities and future plans, with emphasis on the veteran's occupation; visitors day, time for contact with family and friends; group therapy discussion concerning civilian reaction to returning veterans and their adjustment to the post-war pattern; montage contrasting condition of men before and after therapy; men show signs of recovery, of readiness for discharge, and ability to resume civilian life. DVD Copied by Master Scanner Thomas Gideon.","licenseurl":"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","collections":["FedFlix","usgovfilms","newsandpublicaffairs","fav-animegracecrazi_h","fav-bluebird_blvd","fav-creaturefan","fav-dieter_klipstein","fav-marcio_bouzas"],"ia_metadata":{"_rg":"111","date":"1946-01-01T00:00:00Z","year":1946,"title":"LET THERE BE LIGHT (Reel 2)","creator":"National Archives and Records Administration","credits":"Uploaded by Public.Resource.Org","subject":["archives.gov","public.resource.org"],"_rg_holder":null,"collection":["FedFlix","usgovfilms","newsandpublicaffairs","fav-animegracecrazi_h","fav-bluebird_blvd","fav-creaturefan","fav-dieter_klipstein","fav-marcio_bouzas"],"identifier":"gov.archives.arc.35924.r2","licenseurl":"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","description":"National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 35924 / Local Identifier 111-M-1241 LET THERE BE LIGHT (Reel 2) Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964). DOCUMENTARY: Veterans' hospital (Mason General Hospital, Brentwood, NY.) showing ten week treatment program for men with psychological problems stemming from combat; men enter the hospital, go through the orientation, admission, and evaluation process as the narrator observes that these men, whose education, culture, and development rejects war, share common anxieties: fear, apprehension, disaster, hopelessness, death, and the fear of death; veterans relate their experiences, thoughts, and emotions to hospital medical and professional staff; at night dreams of combat and other fears interrupt the men as they try to sleep; next morning, as the process of diagnosis, treatment, and therapy begins, men undergo a series physical exams and psychological tests; shows individual and group counceling sessions; demonstrate use of hypnosis; as weeks pass, the positive affects of therapy become apparent; men relax in the recreation room as combat experiences are no longer blocks to present activities and future plans, with emphasis on the veteran's occupation; visitors day, time for contact with family and friends; group therapy discussion concerning civilian reaction to returning veterans and their adjustment to the post-war pattern; montage contrasting condition of men before and after therapy; men show signs of recovery, of readiness for discharge, and ability to resume civilian life. DVD Copied by Master Scanner Thomas Gideon."},"status":"us-government-work","reason":"The record names a federal body as the creating agency: Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act).","flags":[],"loaded_at":"2026-09-05 17:30:30.179927+00:00","downloads":982}