The Alaska pipeline / A MDTV Productions film for American experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; series editor, Susan Bellows ; series producer, Sharon Grimberg ; written, produced, and directed by Mark Davis.

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Explores the impact of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline on culture and society in Alaska, as well as on the environment and Alaskan wilderness. Features commentary by the men and women who worked on the line, as well as long-time Alaska residents, members of the Native Alaskan community, environmentalists,...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: MDTV Productions
WGBH Educational Foundation
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
PBS Home Video
Other Authors: Davis, Mark J.
Morton, Joe, 1947-
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Alexandria, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, [2006], ©2006.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Trans-Alaska Pipeline (Alaska)
Trans-Alaska Pipeline (Alaska) > Design and construction.
Trans-Alaska Pipeline (Alaska) > Environmental aspects.
Trans-Alaska Pipeline (Alaska) > Economic aspects.
Petroleum pipelines > Alaska.
Petroleum pipelines > Environmental aspects.
Petroleum pipelines > Design and construction > Corrupt practices.
Petroleum pipelines > Safety measures.
Petroleum pipelines > Safety regulations > United States.
Petroleum industry and trade > Corrupt practices > United States.
Petroleum industry and trade > Corrupt practices.
Petroleum industry and trade > Economic aspects.
Petroleum industry and trade > Environmental aspects.
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects.
Environmental engineering > Alaska.
Television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Historical television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Historical television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Explores the impact of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline on culture and society in Alaska, as well as on the environment and Alaskan wilderness. Features commentary by the men and women who worked on the line, as well as long-time Alaska residents, members of the Native Alaskan community, environmentalists, government geologists, and local and national politicians. Examines the conflict between the desire to bring Alaskan oil to market and increase the energy supply versus the desire to protect the land and wildlife. Discusses the engineering feat of building an 800-mile pipeline that traverses three mountain ranges and thirty-four rivers, and that has to withstand earthquakes and subzero temperatures.
Note:Originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS series American Experience.
Originally produced in 2006.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CS9 D0096238 VideoDVD
Audience:
Not rated.
ISBN:0793692288
9780793692286
Credits:Editor, Cherry Enoki ; music, Tom Phillips ; camera, Steven L. Rychetnik, Brian Dowley ; pipeline construction camera, George Lukens, Bill Bacon, Steve McCutcheon, Bill Holden.
System Details:DVD ; NTSC, Region 1 ; widescreen presentation ; stereo.
Participant or Performer:
Narrator, Joe Morton.