“NORTH OF THE HIMALAYAS“ 1930s EDUCATIONAL FILM N.E. CHINA MONGOLIA EASTERN RUSSIA TIBET XD47964

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Produced in the 1930s by FILMSETS, a division of the DeVry Corporation, this black and white silent film depicts the people of three regions in North-eastern Asia: the tundra, the taiga, and the Mongolian steppes. This film allows its audience to study the homes, clothing, and occupations of these people and to compare and contrast these peoples’ way of life. Black screen with NORTH OF THE HIMALAYAS written (0:12). Map of Russia, Northeast Siberia, Japan, China, and India (0:35). People entering Raised wooden shacks on tundra or winter plain, Siberian huskies in the foreground (0:57). Man sitting on roof of raised hut (1:05). Shot of annual fur sale in front of log cabins, perhaps Yakut people of Siberia (1:24). Man wearing sorting through fur coats, maybe of stoat or sable (1:32). Shot of coastal town that would host fur sale and also home to port