Let there be light (1946)

 

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Title	Let there be light
Year of production	1946
Country of production	États-Unis
Director(s)	John Huston
Duration	58 minutes
Format	Parlant - Noir et blanc - 35 mm
Original language(s)	English
Archive holder(s)	National Library of Medicine

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Main credits

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Content

Theme

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Main genre

Documentaire

Synopsis

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Context

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Structuring elements of the film

• Reporting footage  : Yes.
• Set footage  : No.
• Archival footage  : No.
• Animated sequences  : No.
• Intertitles  : Yes.
• Host  : No.
• Voice-over  : Yes.
• Interview  : No.
• Music and sound effects : Yes.
• Images featured in other films : No.

How does the film direct the viewer’s attention?

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How are health and medicine portrayed?

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Broadcasting and reception

Where is the film screened?

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Il n'a jamais été diffusé car il a été censuré par l'armée.

Presentations and events associated with the film

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Ce film a fait partie de la sélection Un certain regard du Festival de Cannes en 1981.

Audience

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Description

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Supplementary notes

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Musique : Dimitri Tiomkins

Photo : Stanley Cortez

Voix off : Walter Huston (père de John Huston)

References and external documents

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C. A. Morgan III, From Let there be light to Shades of Grey: the construction of authoritative knowledge about combat fatigue (1945-1948) in Signs of life, Cinema and Medicine, edited by Graeme Harper and Andrew Moor, Wallflower Press, London and New York, 2005. Lowy Vincent & Cantor David, Conversion Narratives, Health Films, and Hollywood Filmmakers of the 1930s and 1940s in Health Education Films in the Twentieth Century, edited by Christian Bonah, David Cantor and Anja Laukötter, University of Rochester Press, Rochester, 2018.