743910
743910

Alaska Lifeboat

1956-11-16 en 21m
Documentary
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.

Director

Herbert Morgan

Cinematography

Floyd Crosby

Writer

Herbert Morgan

Editor

Chester W. Schaeffer

Producer

Herbert Morgan

Music

William Lava

alaska public health

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • RKO Radio Pictures