Film

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

5.3

1h 31m

2003

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.

Director

Bret Wood

Documentary

car accidenteducational

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Cast & Crew

John P. Butler

as Self

Earle Deems

as Self

John R. Domer

as Self

David Krug

as Self

Eric Krug

as Self

Rick Prelinger

as Self

Mike Vraney

as Self

James Waller

as Self

Bret Wood

as Self

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