Building the Alaska Highway

2005·48mDocumentary

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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Joe Morton

Joe Morton

Narrator (voice)

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Ruth Gruber

Self - Journalist

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Charles Hendricks

Self - Military Historian

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Heath Twichell

Self - Historian

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William Griggs

Self - Army Engineer

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Billy Connor

Self - Civil Engineer

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Hayward Oubre

Self - Army Engineer

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John Bollin

Self - Army Engineer

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Henry Geyer

Self - Army Engineer

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Fred Mims

Self - Quartermaster Corps

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Alden Hacker

Self - Army Engineer

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Bob Trail

Self - Canadian Resident

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Alice Summer

Self - Canadian Resident

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Alvin Schexnider

Self - Historian

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Wallace Lytle

Self - Army Engineer

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Bob Batey

Self - Army Engineer

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Chester Russell

Self - Army Engineer