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Feature film — 2005

Building the Alaska Highway (2005)

0.00h 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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Director: Tracy Heather Strain

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Cast & crew

Joe Morton as Narrator (voice)

Joe Morton

Narrator (voice)

R

Ruth Gruber

Self - Journalist

C

Charles Hendricks

Self - Military Historian

H

Heath Twichell

Self - Historian

W

William Griggs

Self - Army Engineer

B

Billy Connor

Self - Civil Engineer

H

Hayward Oubre

Self - Army Engineer

J

John Bollin

Self - Army Engineer

H

Henry Geyer

Self - Army Engineer

F

Fred Mims

Self - Quartermaster Corps

A

Alden Hacker

Self - Army Engineer

B

Bob Trail

Self - Canadian Resident

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