Insomnia Insomnia

Series Title(s): United States Navy training film Contributor(s): United States. Navy Department, issuing body. Publication: Produced: Washington, DC : National Archives and Records Admininstration, 1945 Original version: United States Department of the Navy, 1945 Language(s): English Format: Moving image Subject(s): Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders -- psychology Relaxation Therapy -- methods Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders -- therapy Genre(s): Animation Instructional Film and Video Abstract: Sailors are shown watching a comedic animated film clip featuring a sleepless Donald Duck. Most of them chuckle, but one young sailor doesn't find it funny. He suffers from insomnia brought on by stress and worry, and lies awake most nights. The film explains that insomnia is indeed the result of worries, often minor, and of being overly excited or intense. The narrator describes a method of relaxing the body while lying on one's back in bed, one limb or body part at a time, with concentration and regulated breathing, until one falls asleep. Copyright: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information) Extent: 020 min. Color: Black and white Provenance: Transfer; Daniel Rooney, National Archives and Records Administration; 20170215; Acc# 2017-03. Technique: Animation and live action NLM Unique ID: 101703981 (See catalog record) OCLC no.: 1019841527 Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101703981