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HIGHWAY TO ALASKA Part 3

Description

On the construction of the Alcan Highway. Surveyors plot the course of the road. Bulldozers clear a path and troops grade and surface the road. Emphasizes the hardships of construction in heat and cold and in crossing mountains, rocks, and waterways. Masks are worn to reduce the effects of heavy dust. Shows convoys traveling the finished road. includes an aerial view of Whitehorse, Canada.

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Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Film Bulletins

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Date
1942-01-01
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3:03