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Highway Hearing


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Highway Hearing
Film

A 1956 advocacy film for the 1956 Federal Aid-Highway Act, produced by Universal-International.

This film is available courtesy of the Prelinger Archives (public domain).

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal License (Public Domain Dedication).

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Part 1
Total Duration: 29:32
Produced to garner support for the 1956 Federal Aid-Highway Act, the law that enabled the Interstate Highway system. After a small town learns that it is to be bypassed by a new freeway, highway officials and politicians help to convince residents that the freeway is actually in their interest. The film ends as it began, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new stretch of highway.
Download Highway Hearing, Part 1 from The Internet Archive
Part 2
Total Duration: 29:32
Produced to garner support for the 1956 Federal Aid-Highway Act, the law that enabled the Interstate Highway system. After a small town learns that it is to be bypassed by a new freeway, highway officials and politicians help to convince residents that the freeway is actually in their interest. The film ends as it began, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new stretch of highway.
Download Highway Hearing, Part 2 from The Internet Archive





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