| WONDERFUL SHELL SHOCK RECOVERY Disturbing footage of shell shock victims, before and after treatment. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5133 |
| Catalog #: | 366383 | |
| Clip Number: | 366383-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 103 P | |
| Timecode: | 01:36:18 - 01:38:44 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1918 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Hospitals HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Psychiatry / Mental Illness LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England WORLD WAR ONE, MILITARY: Medical | |
| Description: | Scary and sad. World War One; veterans; medical. Shell-shock victims; before and after. Some of this is disturbing. Title frame: "Wonderful Shell Shock Recovery. Four weeks before this picture was taken these men were unable to walk." But then first they show the before picture. A stark bare room; slightly crooked angle. A man enters; wearing only some small bit of fabric which I'm not sure could even be described as shorts. He really can barely walk; he shakes and staggers; falls to the floor and shakes and bends into what seems unnatural positions; it looks as if he's having a fit. Then they show the same man afterward; fully dressed; he walks toward the camera with no problem. They show him standing facing camera; looking much better than before; however; his hands are fidgeting in a nervous habit. Then they show a CU of his hand with thumb rubbing the fingers. He probably did that the rest of his life. They also show a "before" of another man; who is in about the same condition. There's also a lovely shot panning over a beautiful vista -- a rural scene of rolling hills; pasture; trees; and building partway down a hill; pan on to path; with a recuperating soldier strolling away from the path down the hill. Also a closer shot panning past large hospital . Brief shot of the 4 convalescent victims standing in front of a rustic farm building; one holding pitchfork. Casualties. Mental disabilities. Terrible; frightening. (post traumatic stress) | |
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