800 miles of winter (TEFC)

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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Credits

production company

Caterpillar Tractors

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1979

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 → Documentary films - United States

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Low temperature engineering

Places → Alaska

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1979

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