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S.E. Tibet and E. Bhutan
Amateur footage of a trip to Tibet and Bhutan, including shots of the flora and fauna.
Overview
Amateur footage of a trip to Tibet and Bhutan in 1938, including shots of the flora and fauna, Molo in what is now Arunachal Pradesh, the monastery at Sanga Choeling in Sikkim, and folk dancing in Kalimpong, West Bengal.
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