American Experience : The Alaska Pipeline (2006)
Directed by Mark J. Davis
Genres - Historical Film, Science & Technology |
Sub-Genres - Biography, Environmental Science, Natural Environments, Social History |
Run Time - 57 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis
The history of the Alaska Pipeline, which was built in the 1970s to transport oil across 800 miles of pristine wilderness, from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez. Included: the 1968 discovery of the largest oil field in North America at Prudhoe Bay; the battle between Native Americans and the government over the land the pipeline would cross; environmental concerns; and construction of the pipeline itself, which employed 78,000 people and cost more than $8 billion.
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Alaska, conservation, energy, engineering, environmentalism, oil, pipeline, prospector, social-change, wilderness