Building the Alaska Highway

Building the Alaska Highway (2005)

N/A 48 min Movie
Documentary

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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Cast

Joe Morton Joe Morton Narrator (voice)
Ruth Gruber Ruth Gruber Self - Journalist
Charles Hendricks Charles Hendricks Self - Military Historian
Heath Twichell Heath Twichell Self - Historian
William Griggs William Griggs Self - Army Engineer
Billy Connor Billy Connor Self - Civil Engineer
Hayward Oubre Hayward Oubre Self - Army Engineer
John Bollin John Bollin Self - Army Engineer
Henry Geyer Henry Geyer Self - Army Engineer
Fred Mims Fred Mims Self - Quartermaster Corps
Alden Hacker Alden Hacker Self - Army Engineer
Bob Trail Bob Trail Self - Canadian Resident

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