| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (87 minutes): .flv file, sound |
| Summary |
The film is among the earliest filmed records of life in Tibet and features sequences at Phari Dzong (Pagri), Shekar Dzong (Xegar) and Rongbuk monastery. What resonates so deeply is J.B.L. Noel's ability to frame the vulnerability, isolation and courage of people persevering in one of the world's harshest landscapes. The restoration by the BFI National Archive has transformed the quality of the surviving elements of the film and reintroduced the original coloured tints and tones. Revealed by the restoration, few images in cinema are as epic - or moving - as the final shots of a blood red sunset over the Himalayas. *"It's the chill grandeur of his images, and the mystical note in his rueful conclusion, that will linger in your mind." - Pamela Hutchinson, **Guardian*** |
| Notes |
Title from title frames |
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Film |
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In Process Record |
| Event |
Originally produced by British Film Institute in 1925 |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
History.
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Motion pictures.
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Documentary films.
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history (discipline)
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Documentary films.
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History.
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Motion pictures.
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Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Noel, J.B.L., film director
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British Film Institute (Firm),
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Kanopy (Firm)
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