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Tibetan Kids Find Home In England

Tibetan Kids Find Home In England
Clip: 425175_1_1
Year Shot: 1963 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1708
Original Film: 036-022-03
HD: N/A
Location: Hastings, Sussex
Timecode: 00:36:00 - 00:36:58

Twenty-two Tibetan children who were chosen by the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, are guests in England where they study as they would in their own country if the Chinese Reds hadn't driven them to exile. The children will be residents and attend school in 'The Pestalozzi Children s Village'. Two ladies and other adults are leading little Tibetan children up a path. CUS - Little Tibetan boys about 4 to 5 years old. CUS - The little boys have robes on - CUS - Their little faces. MS - The Dalai Lama (Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho, 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso) sitting on a raised box looking down at the boy who are seated on the ground before him. CUS - Dalai Lama as he smiles and talks to the boys. MCUS - The boys are placing scarf s on the alter as a symbol. A plaque on a cement post "The Pestalozzi Children s Village". CUS - In the classroom there are Tibetan girls as well as boy receiving an education, being taught by a Buddhist Priest. CUS - Of the children eating English food and their enjoying it.