Decade of Death
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
24 min
Release Date
1971-08-01
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
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Vote Average
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3.8
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9.0
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0.0
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5.5
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0.0
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7.3
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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8.2
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7.0
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0.0
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