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Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
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.
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
June 27, 2003
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Cast (18)
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John P. Butler
Himself
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Earle Deems
Himself
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John R. Domer
Himself
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David Krug
Himself
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Eric Krug
Himself
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Rick Prelinger
Himself
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Mike Vraney
Himself
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James Waller
Himself
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Bret Wood
Himself
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Martin Yant
Himself
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Helena Reckitt
Narrator
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Richard Anderson
Husband (archive footage)
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Sonny Bono
Himself (archive footage)
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Hans Conried
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Ronald Reagan
Himself (archive footage)
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Robert F. Simon
Rellik (archive footage)
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James Stewart
Narrator (archive footage)
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Dick York
Nick (archive footage)
Crew (6)
Directing
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Bret Wood
Director
Writing
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Bret Wood
Writer
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Steve Anderson
Director of Photography