Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (2003)
91 min
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.
- Release date
- June 27, 2003
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- John F. Butler as Self
- Earle Deems as Self
- John R. Domer as Self
- David Krug as Self
- Eric Krug as Self
- Rick Prelinger as Self
Crew
- Richard Anderson · Archive footage
- Sonny Bono · Archive footage
- Hans Conried · Archive footage
- Ronald Reagan · Archive footage
- Bret Wood · Director
- Bret Wood · Writer
- Felicia Feaster · Producer
- Tommy Gibbons · Producer
- Bret Wood · Producer
- Steve Anderson · Cinematographer
- Bret Wood · Editor