Building the Alaska Highway
7 February 2005| 48 min
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.
Genres
Documentary
Cast
Joe Morton
Ruth Gruber
Charles Hendricks
Heath Twichell
William Griggs
Billy Connor
Hayward Oubre
John Bollin
Henry Geyer
Fred Mims
Alden Hacker
Bob Trail
Alice Summer
Alvin Schexnider
Wallace Lytle
Bob Batey
Chester Russell
