Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
27/06/2003
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.
Movie Information
John P. Butler
as Himself
Earle Deems
as Himself
John R. Domer
as Himself
David Krug
as Himself
Eric Krug
as Himself
Rick Prelinger
as Himself
Mike Vraney
as Himself
James Waller
as Himself
Bret Wood
as Himself
Martin Yant
as Himself
Helena Reckitt
as Narrator
Richard Anderson
as Husband (archive footage)
Sonny Bono
as Himself (archive footage)
Hans Conried
as (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
as Himself (archive footage)
Robert F. Simon
as Rellik (archive footage)
James Stewart
as Narrator (archive footage)
Dick York
as Nick (archive footage)
20 Movies Similar
