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Unconquerable Tibet

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keywords: tibet, china, communist infiltration, dalai lama, india, political asylum

Synopsis: Documents the background of Communist infiltration into Tibet since 1950 leading to the take-over by China and flight of the Dalai Lama to India...(read more)

  • Date: 1959
  • Duration: 00:09:38
  • Sound: No
  • Color: Monochrome
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: Tibet
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Unconquerable Tibet

Shows the towering Himalaya Mountains of Tibet. Scenes of the lifestyle of Tibetan people. Tibetan farmers sowing grain, pack mules loaded with bundles of wool. LS of the Potala Palace built on Red Mountain in the center of Lhasa Valley. CU of buildings, sculptures, and objects inside the Potala Palace. Shows the Dalai Lama, excellent CU image of the 14th Dalai Lama, head of state and spiritual leader of Tibet. Shows followers of Gautama Buddha founder of the Buddhist religion.

Shows Chinese military trucks entering Tibet in 1950, occupation of Tibet by Communist China. Shows Chinese soldiers planting "Hammer & Sickle" flags on mountain top in Tibet. Shows the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama with fellow spiritual leader Panchen Lama arriving in Peking China by train in September 1954. The Dalai Lama with fellow spiritual leader Panchen Lama received a warm welcome from Chinese Communist leader Zhou Enlai (Chou Enlai) and Tschu Teh, second in command of the Chinese Communist. Footage of the 1955 Bandung Conference of Asian and African states in Bandung, Indonesia, also known as the Afro-Asian Conference. CU image of Zhou Enlai (Chou Enlai). Shows the Dalai Lama arrival in India in 1956 for a visit. Footage of the visit to India of the Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama in 1956.

Shows working conditions in Chinese provinces bordering Tibet where the Communist had established the people's commune administration with its slave labor, break-up of families, economic hardships, and repression of religious worship. In March 1959 Communist China made threatening moves against the Dalai Lama and revolt exploded in Tibet. The Dalai Lama fled to India. Shows a series of scenes depicting repression, slave labor camps, terror against the Tibetan people, and a cry for help. Shows demonstrators in India with a rallying cry of "hands off of Tibet". Demonstrations in front of Embassy of China in India. Banner reads "Communist China Hands Off Tibet". Shows Tibetans in New Delhi India praying at the Raj Ghat memorial site where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated. Shows the Dalai Lama reaching India after his escape from the Communist occupying Tibet. The Dalai Lama expressed his thanks to India for granting him asylum in their country.

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