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.
What is Building the Alaska Highway about?
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. Building the Alaska Highway is a Documentary movie, released on 2005-02-07, runtime 48 minutes.
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Directed by
Tracy Heather Strain
Cast
- Joe Morton as Narrator (voice)
- Ruth Gruber as Self - Journalist
- Charles Hendricks as Self - Military Historian
- Heath Twichell as Self - Historian
- William Griggs as Self - Army Engineer
- Billy Connor as Self - Civil Engineer
- Hayward Oubre as Self - Army Engineer
- John Bollin as Self - Army Engineer
- Henry Geyer as Self - Army Engineer
- Fred Mims as Self - Quartermaster Corps
- Alden Hacker as Self - Army Engineer
- Bob Trail as Self - Canadian Resident
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