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

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

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2003
1h 31m
5.3(11 votes)
Documentary

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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.

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John P. Butler

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Earle Deems

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John R. Domer

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David Krug

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Eric Krug

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Rick Prelinger

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Mike Vraney

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Mike Vraney
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James Waller

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Bret Wood

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Martin Yant

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Helena Reckitt

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Richard Anderson

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Richard Anderson
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Sonny Bono

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Sonny Bono
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Hans Conried

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Hans Conried
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Ronald Reagan

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Ronald Reagan
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Robert F. Simon

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Robert F. Simon
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James Stewart

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James Stewart
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Dick York

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Dick York

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