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

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

2003
1h 31m
5.3

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Documentary
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.

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Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Livin' Man Productions
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

car accident educational

Quick Facts

Release Date June 27, 2003
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0372321

Cast

John P. Butler
John P. Butler

Self

Earle Deems
Earle Deems

Self

John R. Domer
John R. Domer

Self

David Krug
David Krug

Self

Eric Krug
Eric Krug

Self

Rick Prelinger
Rick Prelinger

Self

Mike Vraney
Mike Vraney

Self

James Waller
James Waller

Self

Bret Wood
Bret Wood

Self

Martin Yant
Martin Yant

Self

Helena Reckitt
Helena Reckitt

Narrator

Richard Anderson
Richard Anderson

Husband (archive footage)

Key Crew

Bret Wood
Director
Bret Wood
Writer
Tommy Gibbons
Producer
Felicia Feaster
Producer
Bret Wood
Producer