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

06/27/2003

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1hr 31min

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Documentary

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • John P. Butler
  • Earle Deems
  • John R. Domer
  • David Krug
  • Eric Krug

    Director

  • Bret Wood

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Livin' Man Productions

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

John P. Butler

Himself

Earle Deems

Himself

John R. Domer

Himself

David Krug

Himself

Eric Krug

Himself

Mike Vraney

Himself

James Waller

Himself

Martin Yant

Himself

Helena Reckitt

Narrator

Richard Anderson

Husband (archive footage)

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