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Modern Marvels. Alcan Highway
Title
Modern Marvels. Alcan Highway [electronic resource (video)] / A&E Television Networks, LLC.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2010], c2003.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (45 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on October 14, 2010.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
The Alcan Highway is one of the most picturesque roads in North America, but its construction was not quite as serene. It is a story of fifteen hundred miles and 11,000 soldiers - nearly 4,000 of them black, who were charged by a fateful time and meaningful military role: their task was to build a highway through some of the most imposing landscapes on Earth.
Variant and related titles
Alcan Highway
Films on demand.
Modern marvels (Television program)
Other formats
Originally produced: A&E Television Networks, LLC., 2003.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
System details note
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Mode of access: Internet.
Audience
6 & up.
Contents
Intro: History Channel (0:53)
Intro: Modern Marvels: Alcan Highway (0:44)
The Alaskan Highway (1:48)
Alaska's History (1:27)
The Road Begins (1:56)
A Sea Route is Planned (1:59)
Soldiers to Build the Highway (2:17)
Soldiers to Alaska (1:00)
Dawson Creek (1:44)
Treatment of Soldiers (3:25)
Machines Used in the Building (1:46)
A Day's Work (2:41)
Construction Obstacles (1:46)
Muskeg Swamps & Permafrost (2:40)
Alaskan Mosquitoes (1:14)
Living Conditions Along the Alaskan Highway (2:18)
Obstacles of the Regiments (3:07)
The Sikanni Chief River Bridge (1:16)
Diversions for the Regiments (1:41)
Finishing the Highway (2:34)
Public Roads Administration (0:51)
Recognizing Greatness (2:43)
The Alaskan Highway Today (2:13)
Credits: Modern Marvels: Alcan Highway (0:38)
Videorecording number
42775 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
A&E Television Networks, LLC.
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
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