Building the Alaska Highway (2005)

Building the Alaska Highway

2005

Documentary

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.

Credits

Director

Tracy Heather Strain

Cast

Billy Connor as Self - Civil Engineer

Charles Hendricks as Self - Military Historian

Fred Mims as Self - Quartermaster Corps

Hayward Oubre as Self - Army Engineer

Heath Twichell as Self - Historian

Henry Geyer as Self - Army Engineer

Joe Morton as Narrator (voice)

John Bollin as Self - Army Engineer