Release Date

27 Jun, 2003

Runtime

01:31: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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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Actors

John P. Butler

Earle Deems

John R. Domer

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. Simon

James Stewart

Dick York

Crew

Bret Wood

Bret Wood

Tommy Gibbons

Felicia Feaster

Bret Wood

Steve Anderson