Film · 1956 · 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.
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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 (1956) is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The 21m documentary directed by Herbert Morgan is rated 6.0/10 by 2 viewers.
Alaska Lifeboat was released on November 16, 1956.
Alaska Lifeboat was directed by Herbert Morgan.
Alaska Lifeboat has a runtime of 21 minutes.
Alaska Lifeboat is categorized as Documentary.
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