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Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (2003)

Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (2003)

Documentary
Release Date: 2003, June 27
Directors: Bret Wood
Countries: United States of America
Production: Livin' Man Productions
Cast: Ronald Reagan, James Stewart, Hans Conried, Richard Anderson, Dick York, Sonny Bono, Robert F. Simon, John P. Butler, Earle Deems, John R. Domer, David Krug, Eric Krug

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.

Keywords:

car accident educational