Alaska Lifeboat
Documentary
0.0
Release Date
November 16, 1956
Duration
21 min
Status
Released
Language
en
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.
Casts
Self - Boy with Hurt Foot (uncredited)
Ralph Sarlan
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