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Wings of Mercy

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1947 21 min
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This short film takes a look at Saskatchewan’s air ambulance service, organized and operated by experienced flyers who provide speedy hospitalization and treatment to the ill and injured. Within 15 minutes of receiving a desperate phone call for help from a remote area, a plane is on its way, guided to the patient with the help of landmarks such as a coal bin or a thin column of smoke on a northern lakeshore.

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This short film takes a look at Saskatchewan’s air ambulance service, organized and operated by experienced flyers who provide speedy hospitalization and treatment to the ill and injured. Within 15 minutes of receiving a desperate phone call for help from a remote area, a plane is on its way, guided to the patient with the help of landmarks such as a coal bin or a thin column of smoke on a northern lakeshore.

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  • director
    Evelyn Cherry
    Lawrence Cherry
  • producer
    Evelyn Cherry
    Lawrence Cherry
  • camera
    Lawrence Cherry
    Walter A. Sutton
  • sound
    Clifford Griffin
  • editing
    Victor Jobin
  • narrator
    Tommy Tweed
  • music
    Robert Fleming

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