 Although some Army hospitals were integrated at the time, it wasn't until President Truman's executive order in 1948 that the military was desegregated.In the summer and fall of 1947, the U.S. Army Pictorial Service created a reconstruction of "Let There Be Light" called "Shades of Gray" (PMF 5047).Joseph Henabery directed "Shades of Gray", using an all-white cast of actors to recreate scenes and dialogue from Huston's documentary.