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Alaska Lifeboat

Alaska Lifeboat

Genres

Documentary

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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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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

21 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

16 November 1956

Country

United States of America

Cast

Ralph Sarlan

Ralph Sarlan

Self - Boy with Hurt Foot (uncredited)

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