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The Alaska Highway - 40th Anniversary

Item number (ISN):

83432

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1982

Item number (ISN):

83432

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: NORTHERN SERVICES

Accession:

1988-0090

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1982

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

technical producer, Don Wiggins; narrator, Les McLaughlin

Description:

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Documentary radio program by CBC Northern Services commemorating the 40th anniversary of the opening of the beginning of the Alaska Highway from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Dawson Creek, British Columbia (December 20, 1942). The program consists of narrative segments by Les McLaughlin and interviews with historians who detail the joint American-Canadian discussions throughout the 1920's and 30's which culminated in the construction of the "Alcan Military Highway" (as it was first called) by American soldiers of the 18th Corps of Engineers and 16,000 civilians - a 2333 km road crossing five mountain ranges in less than one year. Among the historians heard are: David Remley, author of "Crooked Road: The Story of the Alaska Highway", and John Greenwood, chief historian for the United States Corps of Engineers. Throughout the program are the voices of the men who built the highway recalling the harsh living conditions, the isolation and the difficulties presented by the permafrost, muskeg and the mountainous terrain. The broadcast closes with excerpts of the November 20, 1942 CBC radio broadcast of the official opening ceremonies of the highway held at Soldier's Summit, Yukon, in which commentators Peter Stursberg and J. Frank Willis interview the first American serviceman to drive the length of the completed highway and describe the flag-raising and ribbon-cutting ceremonies amidst the roar of the first of many truck convoys to follow on the route to the North.

Subjects:

ALASKA HIGHWAY~ROAD CONSTRUCTION ~MCGLAUGHLIN, LES~REMLEY, DAVID~STURSBERG, PETER~WILLIS, J. FRANK

Language:

English

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

76316

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1988-0090/1

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

393728

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 2004-04-0002

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

54:30

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

638973

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

83432-1988-0090-1-S1.wav

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

1988-0090/1

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

638981

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

83432-1988-0090-1-S1.mp3

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MP3

Made from:

1988-0090/1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1002242

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 2004-04-0002

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

1988-0090/1

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

A1 2004-04-0002

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

~Available Onsite Only / Seulement disponible sur le site

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Donor / Avec la permission écrite du donateur

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