''Speed'' is a 1984 documentary written and directed by

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which chronicles the development of human technology as part of our desire to go faster than before. It was originally produced for

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Autoworld in

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. In 1994

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worked with

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to make an MS-DOS game of the film.

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* American documentary films 1984 films IMAX short films Short films directed by Greg MacGillivray 1984 documentary films Documentary films about transport 1984 short films MacGillivray Freeman Films films IMAX documentary films 1980s English-language films 1980s American films {{sci-documentary-film-stub