Movie Description
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Tracy Heather Strain
- Producer : Tracy Heather Strain
- Writer : Randall MacLowry
- Editor : Randall MacLowry
- 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
Cast
Narrator (voice)
Self - Journalist
Self - Military Historian
Self - Historian
Self - Army Engineer
Self - Civil Engineer
Self - Army Engineer
Self - Army Engineer
Self - Army Engineer
Self - Quartermaster Corps
Self - Army Engineer
Self - Canadian Resident
Self - Canadian Resident
Self - Historian
Self - Army Engineer
Self - Army Engineer
Self - Army Engineer
Posters
Facts
Original TitleBuilding the Alaska Highway
Status Released
Release Information
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2005-02-07
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 00h 48m
Homepagehttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/alaska/
Production CompaniesAmerican Experience Films
Genres
- Documentary
