Tibet—Land of Isolation

Duration: 10 min

Genre: Geography

Creator: Fitzpatrick Traveltalk

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: Sound

Description: Highest land on earth. Tiny stone villages. Yak indispensable for transportation, food, labor. No wheeled traffic, rope bridges. Yak-hide butter churn, hand loom. Women have high social status. Religious dances, one-third male population are priests.

Metadata Source:Bell & Howell Filmosound Library Catalog of Educational Motion Pictures, 1942