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  • Alaska Lifeboat (1956)
  • Approved
    Short | 21 min | Short, Drama
Alaska Lifeboat (1956)
Approved
Short | 21 min | Short, Drama
This "Theatre of Life" series short focuses on a medical services ship, the M/S Hygiene, that stops in the native village of Haines, Alaska. The residents are depicted as superstitious of modern medicine. At the end, however, youngster ...See moreThis "Theatre of Life" series short focuses on a medical services ship, the M/S Hygiene, that stops in the native village of Haines, Alaska. The residents are depicted as superstitious of modern medicine. At 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. Written by David Glagovsky See less
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Director
Herbert Morgan
Writer
Herbert Morgan (written by)
Producer
Herbert Morgan
Composer
William Lava (as William B. Lava)
Cinematographer
Floyd Crosby (as Floyd D. Crosby)
Editor
Chester W. Schaeffer
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Updated Nov 16, 1956
Release date
Nov 16, 1956 (United States)

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