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In 1960, accountant Richard Wayman and photographer Phyllis Vaughn started the Cleveland-based Highway Safety Foundation after amassing a sizeable collection of photos taken at auto crash sites and shooting an educational film, SIGNAL 30, which incorporated crash site footage. The Foundation's film production wing, Safety Enterprises, went on to produce a number of now-legendary auto safety films (including WHEELS OF TRAGEDY and MECHANIZED DEATH) incorporating extremely grisly real-life imagery, which were shown to unsuspecting high school students across the United States in the 1960s and 70s. Bret Miller's documentary takes a probing look into the strange story of the people who made these bizarre and haunting films. He includes interviews with genre experts such as educational film archivist Richard Prelinger and Something Weird Video's Mike Vraney, as well as Earle Deems and John Domer--two of the men who worked on these compelling curiosities. While the subject matter is sensationalistic by nature, Miller's approach is reverent, and, though the films have passed on into the land of pop cultural legend, one is never doubtful that those who made the films did so out of a well-intentioned sense of duty and purpose.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep Case1 DiscFull Frame - 1.33Additional Release Material: Deleted Scenes Trailers Three Complete Driver's Education Short Films: 1. SIGNAL 30 (1959) 2. HIGHWAYS OF AGONY (1969) 3. OPTIONS TO LIVE (1979) Excerpts From Additional Films, Including: 1. MECHANIZED DEATH (1961) 2. WHEELS OF TRAGEDY (1963) 3. CARRIER OR KILLER (1965) 4. DEATH ON THE HIGHWAY (1965) 5. THE THIRD KILLER (1966)Text/Photo Galleries: Image and Document Gallery Pressbook
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This collection covers international wars and conflicts, from the Korean War to the constant battle against terrorism. The box set features six discs: Korea& the Vietnam War, The Six Day War& Yom Kippur War, Iran/Iraq& Russia in Afghanistan, Falklands& Lebanon, The Persian Gulf War, and Terrorism& Special Forces.DVD Features:Region 16-Disc Box Set
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Originally developed in 1959 as a way to evade laws against low-rider cars, and more recently popularized by hip hop videos, car hydraulics have entered a whole new realm--that of competition. HIP HOPPERS shows audiences just what these cars are capable of, from dancing and hopping to waving and twitching, and is interspersed with enlightening interviews with the drivers.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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One of the most vile, filthy, and annoying insects to ever annoy a human being, the common housefly is certainly not one of the more endearing varieties of its species. Whatever one may think of it, the housefly is actually a thoroughly remarkable animal, and here, thanks to some amazing macro-photography, it is possible to get closer than ever before to this disgusting winged creature. However, after seeing the remarkably close-up footage of flies going about their daily business battling reptiles, spiders, and fish contained here, one might be inclined to actually have some affection for them.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseFull FrameInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive MenusDVD-ROM Features: Weblinks
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FIGHTER follows two friends, Jan Wiener, to whom the title refers, and Arnost Lustig, a writer--both in their seventies, and both exiles from Communist Czechoslovakia now living in America--as they retrace Wiener's escape from Prague after the Nazi takeover in the 1930s. Wiener's trek took him via Yugoslavia and Italy to London, where he joined the British Royal Air Force as a fighter pilot. Upon returning to Prague after the war, he was falsely accused of being a spy by the Communist regime, and spent five years in a labor camp. Incorporating rare archival footage from Nazi and Communist propaganda films, the documentary focuses on the interaction between Wiener and Lustig as they retrace Wiener's steps and track down some of the individuals connected with his journey. Although they are linked by their similar personal histories surrounding the war, the two friends are eventually driven apart by their conflicting interpretations of the past and their fundamental philosophical differences. Director Amir Bar-Lev's unusual and vastly inquisitive documentary was an acclaimed hit at film festivals as well as in its theatrical release.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Additional Release Material: Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer






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