Film · 2005 · 48m

Building the Alaska Highway

Name: Building the Alaska Highway
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2005-02-07
Duration: 48 min
Cast: Joe Morton, Ruth Gruber, Charles Hendricks, Heath Twichell, William Griggs

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Synopsis

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.