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

5.3
20031h 31m

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

Photo of Richard Anderson

Richard Anderson

Husband (archive footage)

Photo of Sonny Bono

Sonny Bono

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Hans Conried

Hans Conried

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Robert F. Simon

Robert F. Simon

Rellik (archive footage)

Photo of James Stewart

James Stewart

Narrator (archive footage)

Photo of Dick York

Dick York

Nick (archive footage)

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