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Secret Tibet

Secret Tibet

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 18, 1943

Runtime

1h 41m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

60%

Original Title

Geheimnis Tibet

Production Companies

UFA

Director

H.A. Lettow

Description

In 1938 Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler sponsored an expedition to Tibet lead by several Nazi SS scientists to study the regions flora and fauna, and to take scientific measurements of the Earths magnetic fields. The expedition was also sent to find traces of the orgins of the "Aryan" race in Tibet which was where Himmler thought evidence of could be found. This film is a Nazi era documentary of that expedition.