From the discovery of oil at Prudhoe Bay in 1968 to the loading of the first tankers at Valdez in 1977, this is the story of one of the most difficult and costly construction projects ever attempted. Almost 800 miles of big pipe was laid across three major mountain ranges and Arctic perma-frost, to reach an ice free port in south east Alaska. (Award: Golden Eagle, USA)
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
015324
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Awards
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Oil fields
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Petroleum - Pipe lines
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Alaska
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Oil fields
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Petroleum - Pipe lines
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Low temperature engineering
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)