“MAN FROM A MISSING LAND” 1950-51 CHINESE INVASION OF TIBET DALI LAMA DOCUMENTARY FILM XD47744

Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. Subscribe and consider becoming a channel member Produced by the U.S. Information Agency, “Man from a Missing Land“ portrays the Chinese take‐over of Tibet and the 1959 Tibetan Uprising in Lhasa, culminating in the flight of the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, to asylum in India. The film was produced and directed by Paul Cohen, edited by Eric Lawrence, narrated by Fritz Weaver, and made by Owen Murphy Productions. The USIA produced the film to be shown overseas as part of the USIA mandate to demonstrate the threat communism presents to freedom. Ironically, the movie was initially suppressed by the U.S. Government, as Secretary of State William P. Rogers lobbied Henry A. Kissinger, President Nixon’s assistant for national security affairs, against its release. The fear was that the film woul