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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.

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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