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  1. Epic of Everest, The (2014)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 88 minutes), £19.99

    The 1924 Everest expedition culminated in the deaths of two of the finest climbers of their generation, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, and sparked an ongoing debate over whether or not they did indeed...

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  2. Tibet: The Bamboo Curtain Falls (2012)

    Producer
    Simon Normanton
    Subject
    Geography; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 50 minutes), $7.49

    A 1981 episode of The World About Us that documents the history of political struggle between Tibet and China through archival film shot by western travellers in the early part of the century. Shows daily...

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  3. When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun (2010)

    Director
    Dirk Simon
    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL, 114 minutes), £19.99

    Dirk Simon’s film about the history of the Tibetan people’s struggle for freedon begins in 1950: the Tibet was incorporated by the People’s Republic of China. In 1959, following the Tibetan Rebellion,...

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  4. Lost World of Tibet, The: The Director’s Cut (2008)

    Director
    Emma Hindley
    Producer
    Emma Hindley
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £19.99

    Dan Cruickshank presents this illuminating documentary about life in Tibet prior to the brutal Chinese occupation of 1950. Colour films dating back to that period have been carefully restored, revealing...

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  5. Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion (2007)

    Director
    Tom Peosay
    Subject
    Geography; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 minutes), £19.99

    A dramatic documentary that looks at the astonishing recent political history of Tibet. Spending over ten years making the film, director Tom Peosay presents a concise, educational chronology that tracks the...

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  6. Tingvong: A Lepcha Village in Sikkim (2006)

    Director
    Dawa T Lepcha
    Subject
    Agriculture; Anthropology; Development studies; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £50.00

    Ilustrates the changes the Lepcha of the Dzongu reserve, North Sikkim, have been through in the last 60 years. From the 1940s, the Lepcha of Tingvong village gradually abandoned hunting, gathering and the...

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  7. Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy (3 Parts) (2005)

    aka: Trilogy on Tibet, A

    Subject
    Philosophy; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 56, 129, 52 minutes), £21.95

    A digitally remastered reissue of the seminal trilogy of films on Tibet originally released in 1979, now on one DVD and containing additional materials and a new commentary.The trilogy portrays the unbroken...

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  8. Lost Civilizations (10 Parts) (2005)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 500 minutes), £29.99

    Filmed over a 3 year period in 26 countries, this 10 volume set depicts the events, legends, ceremonies and customs of the lost ancient civilizations of Egypt, the Mayas, Mesopotamia, the Aegean, Greece,...

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  9. Strange Spirit (1998 Video)

    Director
    Rebecca McClen Novick; Ronny Novick
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    Tibetan exiles in refugee communities in northern India tell their stories of invasion, occupation, resistance, imprisonment and torture from the first battles in 1950 up to the present.

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  10. Testimony (1998 Video)

    Director
    Ron Orders
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    Moved by Tibetan monk Palden Gyatso’s story of 34 years in prison, singer Annie Lennox tells his story in a filmed conversation.

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