Building the Alaska Highway

Building the Alaska Highway
2005Documentary48 mins

Plot

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... read more

  • Tracy Heather Strain

    Director

  • Randall MacLowry

    Writer

  • Stephen McCarthy

    Director of Photography

  • Randall MacLowry

    Editor

  • Joe Morton

    Narrator (voice)

  • Ruth Gruber

    Self - Journalist

  • Charles Hendricks

    Self - Military Historian

  • Heath Twichell

    Self - Historian

  • William Griggs

    Self - Army Engineer

  • Billy Connor

    Self - Civil Engineer

  • Hayward Oubre

    Self - Army Engineer

  • John Bollin

    Self - Army Engineer

  • Henry Geyer

    Self - Army Engineer

  • Fred Mims

    Self - Quartermaster Corps

  • Alden Hacker

    Self - Army Engineer

  • Bob Trail

    Self - Canadian Resident

  • Alice Summer

    Self - Canadian Resident

  • Alvin Schexnider

    Self - Historian

  • Wallace Lytle

    Self - Army Engineer

  • Bob Batey

    Self - Army Engineer

  • Chester Russell

    Self - Army Engineer

  • Runtime

    48 minutes

    Released

    2005-02-07

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    American Experience Films

    Sound

  • John Kusiak

    Music

  • Updated

    138 days ago

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