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.

Investigating deadly truck accidents and the fight over measures that could save lives.
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Portrays the challenges of creating a film about nuclear disaster amid public apathy. It captures be...
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Coast Guard film about the importance of life jackets. Stresses safety in boating and shows how boa...
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This film shows the dangers of driving commercial trucks professionally as part of driver’s educatio...

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An educational video exploring drug addiction, including footage of real-life addicts going through ...

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Short film about safe driving