Building the Alaska Highway [523361] Released: 2005-02-07 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 48 mins Popularity: 0.2796 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 - Journalis Charles HendricksSelf - Military Heath TwichellSelf - Historian William GriggsSelf - Army Engi Billy ConnorSelf - Civil Eng Hayward OubreSelf - Army Engi John BollinSelf - Army Engi Henry GeyerSelf - Army Engi Fred MimsSelf - Quarterma Alden HackerSelf - Army Engi Bob TrailSelf - Canadian Alice SummerSelf - Canadian Alvin SchexniderSelf - Historian Wallace LytleSelf - Army Engi Bob BateySelf - Army Engi Chester RussellSelf - Army Engi Hompage: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/alaska/ Trailers