# What is the name of this driving cautionary tale movie from the 50's-60s?

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**Created:** [November 4, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-driving-cautionary-tale-movie-from-the-50s-60s/516283 "2009-11-04T15:26:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![pookielips1954](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@pookielips1954](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pookielips1954)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-driving-cautionary-tale-movie-from-the-50s-60s/516283/21 "2009-11-10T05:10:45Z")

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The PSA short driver’s ed film is called “Anatomy of an Accident” from 1961 and stars David Wayne (from the “Andromeda Strain”, I remembered it was William Windom!)

Haunted me for years, and here it is for your viewing pleasure!

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fGz9C7Cp2sY/hqdefault.jpg "Driving Safety Educational Video PSA Anatomy of an Accident") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGz9C7Cp2sY)

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