{"product_id":"hells-highway-the-true-story-of-highway-safety-films-blu-ray","title":"Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (BLU-RAY) Pre-Order Deadline May 26\/26 Coming to Our Shelves July 2026","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"products__description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eCritically-acclaimed upon it’s 2003 theatrical release,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHell’s Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a morbidly curious exploration of the shocking driver education films of yesteryear. Produced between 1959 and 1979 in Mansfield, Ohio, films such as Signal 30 encouraged safety by force-feeding high school kids color footage of careless driving’s dark consequences: blood-stained wreckage, injured bodies, fresh corpses. In the 1970s and ‘80s, these traumatic films disappeared from the American classroom and assumed an almost mythical status.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHell’s Highway\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eunearths these artifacts of grim Americana and interviews the filmmakers responsible for this radical educational movement. This remastered edition includes three complete “blood-on-the-highway” films, newly restored from the original 16mm camera elements preserved in the Richard Prelinger Collection at the Library of Congress..\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"products__attributes hidden-xs\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hidden-xs\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Extras\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eAudio Commentary by Writer\/Director Bret Wood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eNew Restorations of Three Driver's Ed Films:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMechanized Death\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWheels of Tragedy\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHighways of Agony\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eThe Complete 2003 Pre-Restoration Version\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eBonus Classroom Scare Films:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Child Molester\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1964),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath on the Highway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1959),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGo, Sober and Safe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1966),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Date\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1950),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOptions to Live\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1979),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shoplifter\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(1964), and \u003ci\u003eTeenicide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1950)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eTrailers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eDeleted Scenes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kino Lorber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45080032051400,"sku":"KINK27356","price":42.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/files\/hellshighwaybdslip.jpg?v=1778371444","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/products\/hells-highway-the-true-story-of-highway-safety-films-blu-ray","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}