showingthin.gs
YOUR NEXT DISCOVERY/CuriositiesFollow your curiosity

WATCH

Media from Internet Archive · Prelinger Archives. Play starts when you choose.

United States / 1956

Highway Hearing (Part I)

Highway Hearing (Part I)

Highway Hearing (Part I), an archival ephemeral film in the Prelinger Archives collection.

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

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.

SERENDIPITYA little unexpected
FamiliarWeird

A CLOSER LOOK

The Prelinger collection preserves ephemeral films that document everyday life, instruction, commerce, and popular culture. This entry is cataloged as Highway Hearing (Part I).

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.

Watch the film here, then open the archive record for its full description and file details.

FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE

Internet Archive · Prelinger ArchivesHighway Hearing (Part I)

Original explanation based on the sources above. Images carry their own reuse terms.