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Indian Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru greets the Dalai Lama and Tibetans on a goodwill visit to Tibet.
Indian Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on a goodwill visit to Tibet. He descends from a plane as it lands at the 'Roof of the World'. He is received by military officers. A traditional welcome by the 'lamas' and people of Tibet, including then 14 year old Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama. They garland the Prime Minister. Nehru, officers and other dignitaries climb uphill on horses. A crowd gathered to greet the PM. Monks praying. Traditional puppets on display. Pandit Nehru presents a memento to the Dalai Lama. He addresses the gathering including children. He boards his plane and it takes off.
A huge thangka unrolled on a hillside and worshiped by Mongolians in Kumbum, Tibet.
Mongolians worship huge silk appliqué Thangka in Tibet. A vast hillside in "Kumbum" (according to opening slate on film), Tibet. The lower half of the hill filled with pilgrims and worshipers. The upper slope covered with an enormous thangka tapestry which has a large image of Buddha. View of the tapestry. People around the tapestry. The Mongolians spread over the hilly area. The tapestry of Buddha being covered and then rolled back up on the hill by a long line of people. Scenes of people gathered to view the thangka.
New Year religious festival in Tibet (WW2)
United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS) diplomatic and military mission to Tibet led by Major Ilia Tolstoy and Captain Brooke Dolan. Tibetan monks come out from monasteries to attend a New Year religious festival. Monks with long poles try to control other monks. Women of a family wear new dresses for the festival. Natives walk down the steps after paying homage to Dalai Lama in Potala Palace. Re-enactment of legendary battle at the opening ceremony for New Year festival. Native Tibetans in the courtyard of Potala Palace (35 Beijing Middle Rd, Lhasa, Tibet, China, 850000). Dancing ritual for religious ceremony. Pole sitting act. Priest at religious ceremony. Monks at oracle. Men ride horses. Men shoot arrows. Officials and men pay homage to representatives of the region. The last part of New Year ceremony is annual cavalry show with armed riders. The cavalry marches. Rider fire targets while riding horses. (World War II period).
American officers Captain Brooke Dolan and Major Illia Tolstoy review troops of Drapchi Army Regiment near Lhasa (WW2)
U.S. diplomatic and military mission to Tibet led by Major Ilia Tolstoy and Captain Brooke Dolan in World War II . Men drive yaks in the mountains of Tibet. Members of U.S. diplomatic and military mission move up a mountain pass. Flag at a pass. Mission members ride horses and move ahead. Mountains across the Brahmaputra River. Travelers welcomed by Tibetan natives. Travelers ferry across the river in barge and small boat. Natives make tea at ferry crossing. A monk presents greeting cards, letter from foreign office, and a scarf to U.S. mission members. Travelers escorted by guide proceed toward Lhasa. Two American officers, Captain Brooke Dolan and Major Illia Tolstoy welcomed by British officials and Tibetan natives. They are presented with gifts from the Dalai Lama and then review troops of Drapchi Army Regiment.
Pilgrims perform Holy Walk to Potala Palace
United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS) diplomatic and military mission to Tibet led by Major Ilia Tolstoy and Captain Brooke Dolan. A pilgrim performs Holy Walk to the Potala Palace. Paintings on rock walls. A monk turns prayer-wheel. Pilgrims perform Holy Walk. View of the Potala Palace (35 Beijing Middle Rd, Lhasa, Tibet, China, 850000). Current Dalai Lama, a young 7-year-old child, seated (Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama).
Riots in Algeria after De Gaulle ousts paratrooper General Massu; Scenes of protests from May 1958 Algiers putsch.
Riots break out in Algeria after Charles de Gaulle returns to power in France, and after De Gaulle dismissed from command the French paratrooper General Jacques Émile Massu for his opposition to DeGaulle's self determination plan for Muslim North Africa. French soldiers with rifles patrol at their posts and keep a vigil in Algiers during the crisis. Next scene is a flashback to May 1958: A crowd of supporters is seen around General Jacques Massu. A group of angry protestors is seen amassing, scaling a building and using a truck to break through fences onto the grounds of an official building. These scenes, the narrator indicates, are from May 5, 1958, during the May 1958 crisis, also called the Algiers putsch or the Coup of 13 May, when paratroopers under General Massu and civilians together succeeded in a coup and establishment of a "Committee of Public Safety". The narrator indicates that thus far in the 1960 crisis, the Army has remained loyal.
