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

    91'

    2003-06-27

    5.7

    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.

    WritingBret WoodDirectingBret Wood

    Watch Providers (US)

    - Amazon Video

    Cast

    1

    Self

    John P. Butler

    1

    Self

    Earle Deems

    1

    Self

    John R. Domer

    1

    Self

    David Krug

    1

    Self

    Eric Krug

    1

    Self

    Rick Prelinger

    N/A

    Self

    Mike Vraney

    1

    Self

    James Waller

    1

    Self

    Bret Wood

    1

    Self

    Martin Yant

    1

    Narrator

    Helena Reckitt

    2

    Husband (archive footage)

    Richard Anderson

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Sonny Bono

    2

    Self (archive footage)

    Hans Conried

    2

    Self (archive footage)

    Ronald Reagan

    1

    Rellik (archive footage)

    Robert F. Simon

    3

    Narrator (archive footage)

    James Stewart

    1

    Nick (archive footage)

    Dick York

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. Livin' Man Productions
    • Vote Count: 12
    • Popularity: 0.6619
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films

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