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| Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films

2003-06-27 | 91 min. | Documentary


This film covers the early history of post World War II educational films, especially those involving traffic safety by the Highway Safety Foundation under direction of Richard Wayman. In the name of promoting safe driving in teenagers, these films became notorious for their gory depiction of accidents to shock their audiences to make their point. The film also covers the role of safety films of this era, their effect on North American teenage culture, the struggle between idealism and lurid exploitation and how they reflected the larger society concerns of the time that adults projected onto their youth.

John P. Butler is Himself
Himself
Earle Deems is Himself
Himself
John R. Domer is Himself
Himself
David Krug is Himself
Himself
Eric Krug is Himself
Himself
Rick Prelinger is Himself
Himself
Mike Vraney is Himself
Himself
James Waller is Himself
Himself
Bret Wood is Himself
Himself
Martin Yant is Himself
Himself
Helena Reckitt is Narrator
Narrator
Richard Anderson is Husband (archive footage)
Husband (archive footage)
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