New on Blu-ray: HELL'S HIGHWAY - THE TRUE STORY OF HIGHWAY SAFETY FILMS (2003) - Documentary

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Product Description: Critically-acclaimed upon its 2003 theatrical release, Hell’s Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films is 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. Hell’s Highway unearths 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..

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Director: Bret Wood

Starring: Richard Anderson, Sonny Bono

Genre: Documentary

Runtime: 91 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: Kino Lorber

Home Video Release Date: September 8, 2026

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• Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
• Resolution: 1080p
• Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
• Region: Region A/1

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• Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

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• NEW RESTORATIONS of Three Driver's Ed Films: Mechanized Death, Wheels of Tragedy, and Highways of Agony
• Audio Commentary by Writer/Director Bret Wood
• The Complete 2003 Pre-Restoration Version
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