Building the Alaska Highway
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.
- genus: Documentary
- Studio: American Experience Films
- keyword: highway, alaska, road construction
- cast: Joe Morton, Ruth Gruber, Charles Hendricks, Heath Twichell, William Griggs, Billy Connor
