Decade of Death

Decade of Death

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 1, 1971

Runtime

0h 24m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Decade of Death

Production Companies

Highway Safety Foundation (HSF), EDCOM Productions

Description

This highway scare film produced by the Highway Safety Foundation in 1971, "Decade of Death", is a retrospective of the organization's 10 years of gory, shocking social guidance films which aimed to promote traffic safety and driver responsibility through the display of bloody and horrific footage of traffic crashes.The Highway Safety Foundation made driver scare films such as "Signal 30," "Mechanized Death," and "Highways of Agony" that intended to encourage drivers to drive responsibly and with consideration of the risks and consequences. It was the organization's belief that crash footage, while horrific, was the best way to convey the importance of driving safely.

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