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

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

Jun 27, 2003 1h 31m
5.6
9 votes

Synopsis

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.

Title Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
Companies Livin' Man Productions
Countries United States of America
Keywords car accident, educational
Richard Anderson

Richard Anderson

Husband (archive footage)
Sonny Bono

Sonny Bono

Himself (archive footage)
Hans Conried

Hans Conried

(archive footage)
Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Himself (archive footage)
Robert F. Simon

Robert F. Simon

Rellik (archive footage)
James Stewart

James Stewart

Narrator (archive footage)
Dick York

Dick York

Nick (archive footage)