Documentary film about the expedition to Tibet in 1938-39 led by Ernst Schaefer.
Relief geographic map of the location of Tibet.
Territory - 1 million 200 thousand square kilometers.
In the north and east, Tibet adjoins the western provinces of China.
Further north - Mongolia and the USSR. In the south and west, Tibet borders on India.
Preparing the expedition.
A Tibetan woman puts a white towel around Schaefer's neck as a sign of respect, they enter the house.
Organizing caravans, loading bales onto horses.
Dr.
Karvinos with measuring instruments, he takes measurements of the heads of a Tibetan woman and a man.
Ernst Krause with a movie camera.
The expedition route runs from India towards the Himalayan Mountains General view of Calcutta, passers-by walking along the streets, buildings of bizarre architecture.
Signs in English on the houses.
The caravan moves along the railway, views of the area from the train window.
A herd of goats crosses the track.
The expedition continues on horseback into the Himalayas with guides.
Fauna and flora of the Himalayas, dense thickets, a snake.
Crossing a mountain river on a suspension bridge woven from vines.
Views of mountain rivers and bridges across them.
Mules carrying luggage are walking, one of the mules stumbles on the bridge and falls.
People from the Lelcha tribe serve as guides and porters.
They are restoring a destroyed bridge made of vines Germany.
Water is poured into a large cauldron, meat is cooked.
The Potala Palace is visible in the distance.
The beginning of the holiday.
Archery competition, you need to hit the center of a wooden ring.
Long-range shooting.
Riders rush on horses, shooting at a target at full gallop from bows and guns.
Rapid shooting.
Riderless horses rush through the crowd.
Tibetan believers believe that the gods make their entry into Lhasa on these horses.
Monks blow huge trumpets.
Lamas in a ceremonial procession.
Ancient religious dances symbolizing the appearance of spirits among people and the fight against them.
Animal masks on dancers.
Carved figures on the roofs of the Potala.
A "spirit" is carried under a balakiva, surrounded by a crowd, the crowd carries him away from the city.
Burning "spirits" and "devils" on fire.
The 2nd part of the holiday is the awarding of the highest command staff of the Tibetan army with orders.
Horse parade of soldiers dressed in old uniforms.
Reception of the parade by ministers and dignitaries gathered in the square in silk robes and fur hats.
The general approaches the dignitaries.
Lamas bow.
Solemn procession of the army on horseback Germany.
Documentary film "based on foreign newsreels", re-edited from the film "Mysterious Tibet" directed by V. Sukhobokov, another propaganda text is inserted.
Relief geographic map of the location of Tibet.
Territory - 1 million 200 thousand sq. km.
In the north and east, Tibet adjoins the western provinces of China.
Further to the north of Mongolia and the USSR. In the south and west, Tibet borders India.
Tibet belongs PRC, but in reality it is ruled by an autocratic monarch Germany.
A street in Calcutta.
People are moving, cars, a tram, and cyclists are passing.
India is the richest possession of the British in Asia.
The buildings of Calcutta are of bizarre oriental architecture, but with signs in English.
A relief map of Tibet.
There are no railways or highways here.
Mules with luggage and guides are walking along a narrow bridge and further along a path.
A mountain stream.
A man is making his way across a stream along a narrow, woven suspension bridge made of vines.
Dense thickets, climbing plants, giant ferns.
Mules are walking with luggage.
One of the mules stumbles on the bridge and falls, tries to get up.
People from the Lelcha tribe serve as guides and porters.
If a downpour destroys a bridge, they have to repair it themselves.
Tree trunks are carried, a bridge is repaired.
Mules and guides climb a narrow mountain path to a height of 6 thousand meters.
The last trees - huge pines - stand before the boundary of eternal ice.
Mountain peaks covered with snow, shrouded in fog.
Mountain flowers.
A mountain lake with ice floes of bizarre shapes floating in it.
A frozen river, riders cross it.
The river melts during the day.
Horses drink water from the river.
Harsh rocks, an avalanche falls down.
A blue goat lies, mountain goats jump and graze.
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Crossing a turbulent stream.
Huts in the mountains.
The last trees, huge pines, stand before the boundary of eternal ice.
The first meeting with the local population in the northern Himalayas.
A pole with tied ribbons and pieces of paper with spells.
An old shaman performs a ritual over a fire, turns a prayer mill.
The caravan is on the way, they climb the mountains on foot with loads.
Ancient glaciers.
A folk religious festival associated with the belief that on this day the god Kan-Chen-Dzhonga descends from the mountains and visits people.
The mask of the god.
Lamas blow huge trumpets, the inhabitants stand.
Dancers walk in warrior clothes.
The mask of the god, his dance.
Views of the mountains, the caravan moving up the mountains.
They climb over rocks with a safety rope.
Fog, mountains in snow, avalanche in the mountains.
Catching a wild yak in the mountains of Germany.
A large bird of prey sits among the rocks.
Giant birds of prey - Lemakaya and Himalayan.
They fight over the prey.
A herd of wild horses of Tibet - kiangs gallops.
Steppe fox.
The leader of the kiangs rushes ahead of the herd.
Powerful yaks - indigenous Tibetan animals.
A yak in a harness.
People put luggage on the yaks.
Because of the excessive load, one of the yaks begins to rebel.
He runs and throws off the load.
A caravan of loaded yaks goes along a rocky path, fords a river, goes into the mountains.
A caravan at the city walls.
Residents on the walls.
Nomads greet the arrivals according to Tibetan custom - they bow and stick out their tongues.
A woman washes clothes in the river, children are standing nearby.
Local population.
A man sniffs tobacco Tibet is the only country in the world ruled by monks, and religious rites occupy a central place in the everyday life and life of the people.
An old man prays, turning a prayer mill.
A large prayer mill, enclosed in a special house, is turning.
Everyone passing by turns it.
A Tibetan fingering his prayer beads.
Buddhist lama monks are located in the middle of the road and perform a prayer ritual.
Bronze statues of Tibetan deities, idols and monstrous masks that are supposed to remind people of the existence of evil spirits.
A statue of Buddha, a lama praying fervently.
Temples and monasteries are found at every step.
Small hermitages in the mountains, prayer houses.
One of the richest and largest monasteries is Tashi-Lumpo, about 10 thousand monks live here.
A monk hits a beam with a stick, monks gather for prayer.
A monk blows into a huge trumpet, others beat gongs and drums.
On the walls of the monastery, monks gather with rosaries, pray.
Acolytes carry tea in heavy copper cups, pour it into bowls for the seated lamas.
Young monks prepare medicinal pills from herbs.
Tibetan printing house.
The font carved on wooden boards is smeared with paint, the font is rolled onto paper and the finished print is removed.
The ottski are folded into packs.
Ganjur - the Tibetan sacred scripture occupies 108 volumes
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Yak in the snow, Tibetan holds it.
Caravan at rest in a tent camp.
Guides feed horses.
Types of local birds.
Horses graze.
Mountain flowers.
Members of the expedition carry stone slabs, build a small cave for the cameraman.
He films kites.
Birds near a dead animal, a fight between kites.
In the morning, one of the travelers works with a geodetic device, writes down observations in a log.
Among the local population.
Observation of natives, measuring body sizes, length of arms, legs, cranial rim, studying eye and skin color.
A woman laughs, breaks free, gets scared when her skin is smeared with cream.
A Tibetan sniffs tobacco.
A boy runs across a stream.
An expedition doctor pulls out a sore tooth from a native, everyone laughs.
Tibetan women in original headdresses, children.
Plaster is diluted in a cauldron, smeared on the head of a Tibetan to remove the mask.
The hardened mask is removed from the face.
Plaster heads made using molds Germany.
Rest in the camp.
Members of the expedition are having dinner at the table near the tent.
A woman with two children is singing and dancing in front of them.
A boy in a mask is dancing.
A woman is whipping cream in a mortar, children surround her and lick the cream from a stick.
The finished mass is given to the members of the expedition, they cautiously pass it between each other until one of them tries it.
A woman is breastfeeding a child, a woman is smoking.
Children are sitting in a circle, they are given coins, they are dancing.
At dusk, a rider on a horse is walking along the river.
Mountains in the clouds.
A blue goat is lying Germany.
An image of Buddha is in the rock.
Horsemen are riding past.
Ruins of an ancient Tibetan tower.
Monuments of ancient Tibetan architecture.
An inscription in an ancient language is laid out on a hill.
A street of a Tibetan city with towers.
Peasants are working in a field.
A wooden plow plows the land, manual sowing.
While working in the field, the peasants perform corvee labor, pay quitrents and taxes in kind to monasteries and feudal lords.
Harnessed oxen pull a harrow.
Cranes walk across the field.
A flock of sheep and rams grazes on the plain.
A shepherd with a flock.
The flock is driven into a barn.
The shepherd snatches a white sheep from the flock and drags it by its legs.
He sharpens a knife on a wet stone.
The goat's legs are tied, it is laid on the ground, and the wool is sheared with a special knife.
Women in original headdresses spin wool.
Craftsmen weave carpets on primitive looms.
Craftsmen sit in a long line at their looms Germany.
A mason lays stones on the wall, others break the stones with a hammer.
Instead of lime - wet clay.
Residents sit in the city street, and cattle graze the grass.
Small craftsmen go about their business: blacksmiths forge horseshoes, coppersmiths repair dishes, shoemakers sew shoes.
A group of women sit by the wall of a house, knitting with knitting needles.
Women and children.
Sitting on the ground, Tibetans prepare a national dish - tsampa / this is tea seasoned with butter, salt and roasted barley flour /.
A group of Tibetan dignitaries.
They eat other food.
Hands lower the carcass of a roasted pig onto a mat.
A woman churns butter, children jump around her and collect butter from a stick.
A narrow, crooked street of one of the cities with passers-by.
A criminal sits in a yoke by the wall, his wife feeds him tsampa next to him.
His legs are in shackles.
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The cameraman carefully looks out from under the rock, films a herd of blue mountain goats.
Travelers come out of the tents, dig the tents out of the snow.
Panorama of the mountains, the river.
Two travelers are floating in a boat along the river.
Icebergs in the water of various shapes.
Mountain landscape.
Moving further north.
On the border of two landscapes of a continuous chain of mountain ranges in the south and huge steppe spaces in the north.
Map of Tibet with dots.
Lhasa in the north and Doptra in the south.
Stone buildings of the Tibetans.
The Tibetan hands Schaefer a white towel and, together with his wife, invites him into the house.
The members of the expedition are fooling around in the snow, throwing snowballs.
The caravan moves further along the mountain trail of Tibet.
Birds of prey flock to the mountainous area.
The Tibetan lights a fire, corpses of the dead lie in the distance.
Bodies are supposed to be burned, but firewood is very expensive, there is no coal, and so the earthly remains of the dead are thrown to the kites, which are considered sacred birds here, to be eaten.
To the sound of prayer, the bodies are cut into pieces, the bones of the dead are pounded on stones so that the birds can destroy everything.
Lamas give a signal to the birds, and they fly to the remains, destroying them.
Germany.
Tibet.
The capital of Tibet is the city of Lhasa.
The supreme ruler of Tibet, the Dalai Lama, lives here.
Pilgrims walk outside the city, prostrating themselves every two steps.
Pieces of paper and fabric with spells and prayers written on them are hung on branches and bushes.
The pilgrims wander past architectural monuments.
They approach the city walls and worship the saints depicted on the walls.
Riders on mules and horses enter the city gates.
The pilgrims arrive for the New Year's holiday, which begins on February 15. The Potala Monastery and Palace - the residence of the Dalai Lama.
Roof with carved decorations.
Houses for employees, barns, stables, etc.
View of the city of Lhasa celebrating the New Year, which lasts for three weeks.
A crowded street of the city.
A wandering monk-prophet, with an ornament of teeth on his forehead.
A girl covers herself with her sleeve in fear.
Pilgrims pitch tents in a field outside the city.
A woman drinks tea, a barber shaves a resident's head.
While waiting for the holiday, wandering musicians and dancers entertain those arriving.
Tea for the tsampa is brewed in huge cauldrons
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Another Tibetan settlement.
A ritual pole with an animal skull and tied white rags, a stone pile.
Taming wild yaks, loading them with luggage.
A yak tries to throw off the bales.
Replacing mules with yaks and moving along stones, rivers, and a swamp.
A horse gets stuck in a swamp, the rider hits it with a whip, trying to pull it out.
Fauna of the Tibetan steppes.
A mountain goat lies, hares and gophers, a steppe fox, bullfinches.
A gopher hides in a hole.
Wild kiang horses gallop.
A caravan on the road, crossing a river on ice.
Residents greet travelers according to Tibetan custom - they bow and stick out their tongues.
A Tibetan settlement, stone buildings and houses, a temple.
Travelers walk down the street.
Residents sit on the street, women with children.
Women wash clothes in the river.
An old man prays while turning a prayer mill Germany.
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Large pipes for signals are installed on the roof of the monastery, two monks blow the pipes, announcing the beginning of the holiday.
Riderless horses rush through the streets of the city.
Religious Tibetans believe that the gods make their entry into Lhasa on these horses.
Ministers and dignitaries appear on the square on horses in luxurious silk robes.
Servants hold back the crowd.
The dignitaries dismount and go into the tents, sit down.
The dignitaries are crowned with white towels as a sign of respect and humility.
The people greet the dignitaries.
Two monks blow the pipes.
A procession of pious ladies emerges from the portal of the temple.
Warriors in armor enter the field, a warlike dance of one of the southern tribes.
People in masks dance.
The roof of the Potala Palace with decorations.
A mask dance dedicated to the end of the old year.
A new group of lamas.
A group of monks blowing trumpets.
Surrounded by a crowd, a possessed man is carried under a canopy.
A barely contained crowd.
A man is carried under a canopy, he must be expelled from the city.
The sacred ceremonies are over.
It is time for other entertainments.
Germany.
A folk festival.
Tibetans shoot from bows.
You need to hit the center of a wooden ring.
Long-range shooting.
Riders rush on horses, shooting at a target at full gallop from bows and guns.
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A large prayer mill is spinning, enclosed in a special house.
Each passerby spins it.
Lamas with prayer mills.
Two Tibetans are sitting on the ground and eating tzabu /this is tea seasoned with butter, salt and roasted barley flour/.
Women in original headdresses.
The expedition unloads horses.
The horses roll on the ground.
A Tibetan slaughters a sheep, the blood is poured into a bowl, the bowl is given to the horse, it licks it.
The shefer greets the local official, receives mail from Germany, distributes it to the members of the expedition Germany.
The caravan's path lies further to the northeast.
They meet a local messenger who holds a stick with bells in his hands.
The riders gallop along the river.
The ruins of an ancient city, the former capital of Tibet.
In the recess of the rock is a statue of Buddha.
Mules with loads go past ruins.
Remains of an ancient tower, a kite's nest on the ruins.
A city is visible from the hill.
Ruins of the royal palace.
A traveler measures the height of the tower.
An inscription in an ancient language is laid out on the hill.
In a modern Tibetan city.
A monument of Tibetan architecture.
Religious rituals of Buddhist followers.
Lamas with prayer mills.
Turning a large mill.
Ancient customs associated with the destruction of the body of the deceased.
To the sound of prayer, bodies are cut into pieces, bones are crushed on stones.
The lama gives a signal to the kites waiting on the mountain platform.
Birds of prey flock to the remains and destroy them.
A lama prays with a mad look, turning a mill.
Masks and statues of gods influx, menacing, severe and scary masks Germany.
Sitting on the ground, playing musical instruments and singing two Tibetans.
On the open area beat peculiar tambourines and dance Tibetans.
Tibetans dance in a circle.
Dancing peculiarly, several Tibetans sitting on the ground desperately twist their heads.
The crowd looks.
A cavalcade of horsemen rides.
These are generals riding at the head of the army.
They are magnificently dressed in ancient outfits of Tibetan military leaders.
Warriors follow the generals, dressed in medieval armor, armed with spears, swords and ancient muskets.
The procession passes three times around the sacred temple Germany.
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The modern Tibetan army goes, drummers in front.
Soldiers with guns on their shoulders go.
Trumpeters blow, drums beat.
Soldier Raises the national flag.
Officers and soldiers salute with signal flags.
The Tibetan army is trained in the British rules of military art.
An officer commands, soldiers follow commands.
Exercises with guns.
The national flag flutters.
View of the Potala Palace.
A wide staircase leading to the palace.
One of the decorations on the roof of the palace.
A mask of a Tibetan deity, another mask.
Details of the roof of the Potala Palace
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Tashi-Lumpo is one of the largest monastic settlements.
Morning religious ritual, a monk hits a wooden beam with a stick.
Young monks walk around the yard.
On the walls of the monastery stand monks with rosaries, praying.
On the porch lamas beat gongs, blow trumpets.
Young monks carry large copper vats of tea, pour it into bowls.
Labor education of young monks.
They make medicinal pills from herbs.
Tibetan printing house, production of special types of paper for Ganzhur - Tibetan sacred scripture.
The font cut on the boards between paint and, the font is rolled onto the paper and the finished print is removed.
The finished prints are put into packs.
Ganzhur consists of 108 volumes Germany.
PNR on the village.
Local army, created in the English manner.
Drummers in front.
Soldiers with guns on their shoulders are walking.
Drummers and trumpeters are playing.
A soldier raises the national flag.
Officers and soldiers with signal flags salute.
An officer gives commands, soldiers perform exercises with guns, practice an attack, march in place Germany.
The caravan is on the road again.
Huge herds of mountain goats and sheep graze in the mountains.
The shepherd grabs a sheep by the legs and carries it to the shearing place.
They shear with a special knife.
Women spin yarn.
Craftsmen weave carpets on primitive looms.
National ornaments in carpets
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The caravan goes along the river bank.
Cranes fly in the sky.
At an altitude of 3700 m, peasants cultivate the land.
Cranes sit on the field, walk around it.
Peasants plow on mules.
The road along which pilgrims from all over the country go to Lhasa for worship, prostrating themselves every two steps.
The road temple of Mota-La.
Pilgrims pass through the arch in the temple into Lhasa.
The expedition arrives in the city, the guards greet them.
A panorama of the city, canopies are stretched along the walls of buildings.
Residents on the streets of the city.
The expedition is received by local authorities, they shake hands, bow, and enter the house.
The dignitaries are sitting, smiling, close-up of their faces, Germany is being presented.
A Tibetan craftsman is skinning a goat, horns are lying nearby.
Schaefer approaches a member of the expedition who is examining the skins of animals, collecting fur animals.
A fox cub is running around, playing with an obaka.
Close-up of a hoopoe.
The traveler is sitting at a table, they are being brought gifts from the government, food, a roasted pig.
The lama hands Schaefer a scroll
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Travelers walking with lamas.
Tibetans building a house.
They break stones and pray, throwing them.
Movement along the street.
A caught thief sits in a yoke by the wall, his wife feeds him tsampa, another criminal with shackles on his neck and legs.
Small artisans at their work: blacksmiths forge horseshoes, coppersmiths repair dishes, shoemakers sew shoes.
A woman knits.
A boy looks for insects in his friend's head.
A wandering monk-soothsayer walks along the street, wearing an ornament made of teeth on his forehead.
A frightened girl covers her face with her hand.
Horsemen enter the gates.
The Potala Monastery and Palace - the residence of the Dalai Lama.
Outbuildings.
Carved decorations on the roof of the palace.
Pilgrims walk along the walls of the monastery, worship the saints depicted on the walls.
A sacred tree with tied rags, a fireplace smokes.
Pilgrims walk, falling down.
Stone polished by praying pilgrims.
Lamas with drums.
Arrival of pilgrims from the provinces.
Camp for pilgrims on the outskirts of Lhasa, tents.
In the camp for rest.
They eat tsampa, a street barber shaves a Tibetan's head.
Wandering musicians play instruments and sing.
Members of the expedition at the table with lamas, a common lunch near the tents, eating with chopsticks, travelers dressed in Tibetan robes.
They raise glasses with a drink, say a toast.
They watch a religious whirling dance.
Dancers with drums attached to a handle.
Dancers spin their heads
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