Projects - Sloan Science & Film

Building the Alaska Highway

In May of 1942, American soldiers began building the Alaska Highway: a 1,520-mile road across Alaska and Canada.

CREDITS

Directed and Produced by Tracy Heather Strain
Written and Edited by Randall MacLowry
Produced by WGBH for The American Experience

SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS

Engineering

AWARDS

2005, Television: WGBH Production Award

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Short Films
Feature Films

A science focused teaching framework for short and feature films, all of which have received awards from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for their depictions of scientific themes or characters.