Freeway Driving (1959, sound)

Description: Educational film about safe driving on Los Angeles freeways. A document of freeway adjacent, urban landscapes of Los Angeles.

From Index to 16mm Educational Films: "Presents proper techniques for driving on the freeway"

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Subjects: 1950s, Automobiles, Car culture, Safety, Transportation

Tags: Los Angeles freeways; driving; interchanges; tailgating; police; highway patrol; flat tires; convertibles; trucks; traffic; uniforms; superhighways; expressways; throughways; four lane freeways; freeway dividers; interchange; U.S. Highway 101, California; U.S. Route 66; U.S. Highway 66; Pasadena Freeway, U.S. Highway 66 and Harbor Freeway exit sign; Lost Landscapes; woman getting her car serviced; Los Feliz Blvd freeway exit sign; Glendale Blvd freeway exit sign; cars tailgating on freeway; Hollywood Freeway; four-level interchange in downtown Los Angeles; "The Stack"; Los Angeles City Hall with freeway in foreground; auto mechanic; driving POV on freeway; California Highway Patrol officer speaking on radio microphone; male driver looking out of window towards rear; Speed Limit 25 Miles sign; crowded freeway lanes

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Fass-Levy Films

Credits: Produced by Fass-Levy Films.
Narrated by: Art Baker

"Acknowledgement is given the following for assistance in the production of the film: Los Angeles City Schools; Los Angeles County Schools; California Highway Patrol; Los Angeles Police Department; California Division of Highways; American Automobile Association"

Distributor: International Film Bureau

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Prelinger Archives

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date:

Release Date: 1959

Geographical Location: USA; California; Los Angeles, California

Genre/Form: educational

Language: eng

Rights: No copyright notice seen on film.

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: release print

Color: color

Color Process: Ektachrome Commercial

Sound or Silent: sound

Film Soundtrack Type: variable density

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 215