Building the Alaska Highway [523361] Released: 2005-02-07 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 48 mins Popularity: 0.4369 Vote Average: 0 Vote Count: 0 Overview: 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. Cast [17] Joe MortonNarrator Ruth GruberSelf - Journalist Charles HendricksSelf - Military Hist Heath TwichellSelf - Historian William GriggsSelf - Army Engineer Billy ConnorSelf - Civil Enginee Hayward OubreSelf - Army Engineer John BollinSelf - Army Engineer Henry GeyerSelf - Army Engineer Fred MimsSelf - Quartermaster Alden HackerSelf - Army Engineer Bob TrailSelf - Canadian Resi Alice SummerSelf - Canadian Resi Alvin SchexniderSelf - Historian Wallace LytleSelf - Army Engineer Bob BateySelf - Army Engineer Chester RussellSelf - Army Engineer Hompage: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/alaska/ Trailers