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Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this week’s Distinguished Lecture, Documentary & Interview Symposium. This week, for your delectation, we have the Alaska Highway (35:21), a restricted distribution film produced by the War Department of the United States of America, in 1944, about the development of the land route from Edmonton to Dawson Creek, Whitehorse, and Fairbanks. The Alaska (ALCAN) Highway was originally built by ca. 25,000 troops, it was officially completed on October 13, 1943, and it has been continually upgraded since then. I’ve occasionally been asked, “Vitruvius, what great adventure would you like to explore next?” Personally, I’m currently thinking about driving the route shown on this map.
