
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
2003
91 minutes
Overview
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.
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Top Cast

John P. Butler
Self

Earle Deems
Self

John R. Domer
Self

David Krug
Self

Eric Krug
Self

Rick Prelinger
Self

Mike Vraney
Self

James Waller
Self

Bret Wood
Self

Martin Yant
Self

Helena Reckitt
Narrator

Richard Anderson
Husband (archive footage)

Sonny Bono
Self (archive footage)

Hans Conried
Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)

Robert F. Simon
Rellik (archive footage)

James Stewart
Narrator (archive footage)

Dick York
Nick (archive footage)