WWII - Colour, 1942, Tibet: Documentary: Inside Tibet Card 2 of 3

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - Colour, 1942 ca, Tibet Card 2 of 3 00:14:19 Continued...Tropji regiment sent by the Dalai Lama to escort party. Regiment dressed in native dress reviewed by American officers. Brightly Coloured flag. 00:14:58 LS 17th century Winter Palace, pan to hilltop Temple of the Healing Buddha. 00:15:09 MS Monk into Lhasa’s West Gate tilt up peaked dome. Shots of Lhasa, people on rooftops cooking, drying ??. Important Tibetan Feng Gang (sp?) family laughing, pose for cameras. Two young priests. Kids to school; children at school w/ rich & poor - brother of Dalai Lama in class. High Angle / HA Street scenes. 00:16:54 Tibetan sorcerers play one handed drums & ring bells - said to drive out spirits. Children play native game w/ feathered dead bird. 00:17:36 Farm laborers hauling straw & carrying timber load w/ poles. Kumbha dancers in center of small village - wandering troupe. Lot of whirling, a very energetic folk dance - entertainment. One or two-string instrument played w/ bow & dancers w/ drums. MCUs. Competition w/ each other - some look like break dancers! 00:19:59 LS Potala or Winter Palace, CU gold encrusted roof - architecture - building houses bodies of previous Dalai Lamas. Locals on road linking to Summer Palace. CU Lion of Tibet statue guarding gates of Summer Palace. Various shots showing architecture & gold carvings on palace - wealth. 00:21:29 Major Domo of Summer Palace. CU holding personal gold cup of the Dalai Lama. Elephant statue & religious tapestry aka Thangka or Tonkas are gifts from Dalai Lama to President Roosevelt. CUs. 00:22:39 People walk in grounds of palace.; ponies, mules & different types of animals to be found in Tibet including spotted pony, deer, wild ass. Ponies in stable. Wild blue sheep, camels, Tibetan mastiff dog. 00:23:40 Grounds of the temple of the serpent demi-god. Local wildlife, ducks & geese, on lake. Cabinet ministers w/ servants travel to British Mission for party. Servants help masters to dismount. Expedition’s monk guide on donkey. 00:24:35 MCU Sheep roasted for luncheon. Party of VIPs sitting in open air at tables. Three Tibetan Cabinet Ministers pose for photos w/ high government directors of the Foreign Office; all in traditional dress & hats. Monks from the monastery. HA of group eating. Guests riding off. 09:26:10 Americans visit palace of Sarong family, down steps & pan exterior. Lhasa Apso / Tibetan terrier dog received as a gift by the Americans & running around. Sarong family pose for cameras. Panning shot of monasteries which surround Lhasa w/ mountains in background. Visit Sara Monastery & escorted by monks wearing huge shoulder pads. 00:27:20 Drepung Monastery, largest monastery in the world - novices & resident monks on ground, novices being examined by monks. 00:28:15 Crowds of monks arriving for New Year religious festival kept under control by Provo monks waving long poles. 00:28:34 Wealthy Poongang (?) family in silk brocade clothes & jade jewelry & w/ headdress model before the New Year celebrations 00:29:15 Continued on card 3 of 3 WW2; Expedition Documentary; Travelogue; Lecture Film; Ethnic Religions; Rituals; Dancing; Spies; OSS; NOTE: Brooke Dolan II (1908-1945), American adventurer & naturalist; Ilya Tolstoy (1903-1970), grandson of Lev Tolstoy. NOTE: Any continuous 20 minutes of 00:00:08 - 00:39:45 (3 cards) sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk