Wings of Mercy (movie)

Wings of Mercy (movie)

  • Production country: Canada
  • Producer: Evelyn Cherry , Lawrence Cherry
  • Production companies: ONF | NFB
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 1/2/1947
  • Run time: 21 min.

Movie description

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.

Actors

Tommy Tweed

Tommy Tweed

Role(s): Narrator (voice)

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