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.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Ralph Sarlan
Crew: Floyd Crosby (Cinematography), Chester W. Schaeffer (Editor), Herbert Morgan (Director), Herbert Morgan (Producer), Herbert Morgan (Writer), William Lava (Music)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: RKO Radio Pictures
Runtime: 21 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Nov 16, 1956
IMDb: 10
Keywords:alaska, public health
