Film
Alaska Lifeboat
1956 · 21m · Documentary
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Overview
This "Theater of Life" series short focuses on a medical services ship that stops in the native village of Haines, Alaska. The natives are depicted as superstitious of modern medicine. In the end, however, youngster Ralph Sarlan (the only person identified by the narrator) is taken by airplane to get corrective surgery on his deformed foot.
Where to watch
TCM
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Cast
Crew
- Herbert MorganDirector · Writer · Producer
- Chester W. SchaefferEditor
Details
- Release date
- November 16, 1956
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 21m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Documentary
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