Give Yourself the Green Light
This 1954 General Motors film encourages citizens to support programs to improve roads and highways. The film begins by…
Freedom of the American Road
2017-08-12T22:24:38-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/cb1/20170812223706003_hd.jpgHenry Ford II introduces this film designed to encourage private citizens and communities to support road improvements and safety. Part of the lobbying campaign that culminated in legislation authorizing the Interstate Highway system in 1956, this film features the Bayshore Highway in the San Francisco Bay Area, congestion and parking relief in Pittsburgh, the development of Boston’s Route 128 around the city, a rural roads improvement initiative in North Carolina, and coordinated community efforts at safety education in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Henry Ford II introduces this film designed to encourage private citizens and communities to support road improvements and safety. Part of the… read more
Henry Ford II introduces this film designed to encourage private citizens and communities to support road improvements and safety. Part of the lobbying campaign that culminated in legislation authorizing the Interstate Highway system in 1956, this film features the Bayshore Highway in the San Francisco Bay Area, congestion and parking relief in Pittsburgh, the development of Boston’s Route 128 around the city, a rural roads improvement initiative in North Carolina, and coordinated community efforts at safety education in St. Joseph, Missouri. close
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