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Building the Alaska Highway (2005)
Directed by Tracy Heather Strain
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.
Length 48 minutes
Actors
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