Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
Movie - 91mins
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:
Hans
Conried
Ronald
Reagan
Robert
F.
James
Stewart
Dick
York
John
P.
Earle
Deems
John
R.
David
Krug
Eric
Krug
Rick
Prelinger
Mike
Vraney
James
Waller
Bret
Wood
Martin
Yant
Helena
Reckitt
Richard
Anderson
Sonny
Bono
Hans
Conried
Ronald
Reagan
Robert
F.
James
Stewart
Dick
York
John
P.
Earle
Deems
John
R.
David
Krug
Eric
Krug