# COMBAT EXHAUSTION

National Archives and Records Administration COMBAT EXHAUSTION Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) ARC Identifier 35906 / Local Identifier 111-M-1197. Reel 1, combat exhaustion cases are brought to an aid station, Army doctors are lectured on combat fatigue, and "hysteria" cases are examined. Reel 2 describes physical disorders resulting from battle fatigue. Reel 3, a victim of hysterical amnesia is treated with various drugs. Reel 4, a patient relives his combat experiences while under chemical hypnosis. Reel 5, patients receive personality tests and sleep therapy. Electric shock and insulin is used on "loss of weight" cases. Rehabilitated patients pitch tents and drill. Reel 6, sodium amytyl is given fatigue cases at the front. Psychiatric officers at the front attempt to detect signs of exhaustion prior to collapse. Made possible by a donation from Mary Neff.

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1945
- By: National Archives and Records Administration
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.35906)
- Licence or status: [Public domain (Creative Commons dedication)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

Not offered: its uploader marks it public domain, and the US Copyright Office's records do not settle that it is (a record that may be another film's, a film first published abroad, a year when renewal was automatic, or a country they do not name). Unclear is not offered.