Give Yourself The Green Light
"Highways for tomorrow"
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About this film
Give Yourself The Green Light (1954) is a U.S. propaganda film urging highway expansion and automotive infrastructure investment in postwar America.
More about this film
About the production
Release date1954
ProductionJam Handy Organization
Themes
highwayspropaganda
Themes & topics
automobilesinfrastructure
Historical background
Produced as Interstate system grew; aligns with automotive and oil interests.
Why this film matters
Documents mid-century road lobby messaging.
What critics said
Studied in transportation propaganda; preserved on Internet Archive.
Did you know?
- Internet Archive id 0542_Give_Yourself_the_Green_Light_05_01_03_28.
Where to watch
- Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/0542_Give_Yourself_the_Green_Light_05_01_03_28