Alaska Lifeboat

Alaska Lifeboat 1956 Directed by Herbert Morgan

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.

Country USA

Production Country USA

Language English

Spoken Language English

Gnere Documentary

Production Company RKO Radio Pictures

Release Date 16 November 1956

21 mins