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

Documentary

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.

Updated May 23 2020

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2003-06-27

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Runtime: 91 mins Rating: 7.3

Cast

James Stewart

Narrator (archive footage)

Richard Anderson

Husband (archive footage)

Hans Conried

(archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Himself (archive footage)

Dick York

Nick (archive footage)

Sonny Bono

Himself (archive footage)

Robert F. Simon

Rellik (archive footage)

Bret Wood

Himself

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Crew

Bret Wood

Director

Bret Wood

Writer

Bret Wood

Producer

Steve Anderson

Director of Photography

Felicia Feaster

Producer

Tommy Gibbons

Producer

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