Alaska Lifeboat
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.
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Alaska Lifeboat
- Overview
- Cast
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Status
Released
Release Date
Nov 16, 1956
Runtime
0h 21m
Genres
Documentary
Original Title
Alaska Lifeboat
Production Companies
RKO Radio Pictures
Director
Herbert Morgan
Description
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.