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