Building the Alaska Highway
2005In 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.
Acted in
Joe Morton
as Narrator (voice)
Ruth Gruber
as Self - Journalist
Charles Hendricks
as Self - Military Historian
Heath Twichell
as Self - Historian
William Griggs
as Self - Army Engineer
Billy Connor
as Self - Civil Engineer
Hayward Oubre
as Self - Army Engineer
John Bollin
as Self - Army Engineer
Henry Geyer
as Self - Army Engineer
Fred Mims
as Self - Quartermaster Corps
Alden Hacker
as Self - Army Engineer
Bob Trail
as Self - Canadian Resident
Alice Summer
as Self - Canadian Resident
Alvin Schexnider
as Self - Historian
Wallace Lytle
as Self - Army Engineer
Bob Batey
as Self - Army Engineer
Chester Russell
as Self - Army Engineer