Alaska Lifeboat

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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Release Date

November 16, 1956

Status

Released

Original Title

Alaska Lifeboat

Runtime

21min

Budget

Revenue

Language

English

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures