Film 'Let There Be Light' shows World War II casualties afflicted by neuropsychiatric disorders (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD, today), and being treated with methods such as hypnosis and "narcosynthesis" to address their "battle neurosis." A medical ship stands in a harbor in the United States. Patients are taken out of the ship. The psycho neurotic patients taken to the Mason General Hospital. Patients taken out of the the ambulance.
Casualties of World War II receive medical aid in New York, United States. Emotionally disturbed soldiers in the Mason General Hospital. A commanding officer addresses the patients in the hospital. The patients include men who tremble, men who cannot sleep, men who cannot remember and men who have a paralysis of mental origin. Patients are being admitted in the hospital. A psychiatrist listen to the patient's story. The patients share one common anxiety : death and fear of death.
Casualties of World War II receive medical aid in New York, United States. A psychiatrist listens to the story of a victim in the Mason General Hospital. Another psychiatrist listens to the story of another patient. The patient tells him how he lost his comrade.
Casualties of World War II receive medical aid in New York, United States. A psychiatrist listens to the story of a patient in the Mason General Hospital. The patient cries as he tells the doctor how he lost his wife and how important she was in his life.
Casualties of World War II receive medical aid in New York, United States. A psychiatrist listens to the story of a patient in the Mason General Hospital. The patient tells the doctor how his brother was killed in the war.
Casualties of World War II receive medical aid in New York, United States. A psychiatrist listens to the story of a patient in the Mason General Hospital. Some patients facing the problem of stammering.