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

Jun 27, 2003
1h 31m
★ 5.6

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Livin' Man Productions

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

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Cast

John P. Butler

Himself

John P. Butler

Earle Deems

Himself

Earle Deems

John R. Domer

Himself

John R. Domer

David Krug

Himself

David Krug

Eric Krug

Himself

Eric Krug

Rick Prelinger

Himself

Rick Prelinger

Mike Vraney

Himself

Mike Vraney

James Waller

Himself

James Waller

Bret Wood

Himself

Bret Wood

Martin Yant

Himself

Martin Yant

Helena Reckitt

Narrator

Helena Reckitt

Richard Anderson

Husband (archive footage)

Richard Anderson

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