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Building the Alaska Highway

Building the Alaska Highway

(2005)

Overview

In May of 1942, across the rugged sub-Arctic wilderness of Alaska and Canada, thousands of American soldiers began one of the biggest and most difficult construction projects ever undertaken-building the Alaska Highway. This program tells how young soldiers battled mud, muskeg, and mosquitoes; endured ice, snow, and bitter cold; and cut pathways through primeval forests to push a 1,520-mile road across one of the world's harshest landscapes.

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  1. Director : Tracy Heather Strain
  2. Producer : Tracy Heather Strain
  3. Writer : Randall MacLowry
  4. Editor : Randall MacLowry
  5. Cast : Joe Morton,Ruth Gruber,Charles Hendricks,Heath Twichell,William Griggs,Billy Connor,Hayward Oubre,John Bollin,Henry Geyer,Fred Mims,Alden Hacker,Bob Trail,Alice Summer,Alvin Schexnider,Wallace Lytle,Bob Batey,Chester Russell

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Original TitleBuilding the Alaska Highway

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2005-02-07

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 00h 48m

Homepagehttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/alaska/

Production CompaniesAmerican Experience Films

Genres

  • Documentary

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