Signal 30 (1959)
- Directed by
- Richard Wayman
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 28 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 8.5 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This film uses graphic footage of car crash victims and wrecked vehicles to warn high school students about the dangers of reckless driving. It shows the real consequences of traffic accidents in a blunt and unfiltered way.
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What happens
Signal 30 is a 1959 social guidance film made by the Highway Safety Foundation in the vicinity of Mansfield, Ohio. The film, shown widely to high school students across the United States during the 1960s through the 1980s, was produced by Richard Wayman and narrated by Wayne Byers, and takes its name from the radio code used by the Ohio State Highway Patrol for a fatal traffic accident. Signal 30 features graphic footage of crashed automobiles and their horrifically injured and dismembered occupants. Despite its gruesome nature, the film later won the National Safety Council Award. It was followed by two sequels, entitled Mechanized Death and Wheels of Tragedy, and inspired a genre of similarly gory road safety films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (2003)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.