National Anthropological Film Center film of the Dalai Lama's visit to the Smithsonian Institution
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1986.13.20
name: label: Creator
content: National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)
label: Cinematographer
content: Dorjee, Ragpa
label: Names
content: Freer Gallery of Art
label: Names
content: Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935-
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Washington (D.C.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from the National Anthropological Film Center in 1986.
creator: label: Creator
content: National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)
label: Cinematographer
content: Dorjee, Ragpa
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (8 minutes, color sound; 238 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1979
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Dalai Lama's Visit to the Smithsonian Institution 1979."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1986.13USA
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Sound films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage shot for the National Anthropological Film Center, Smithsonian Institution, of the Dalai Lama's visit to the Freer Gallery of Art. The Dalai Lama is shown being received outside the Freer by secretary of the Smithsonian, S. Dillon Ripley; director of the Freer Gallery, Thomas Lawton; and director of the National Anthropological Film Center, E. Richard Sorenson. The Dalai Lama is then shown touring the Freer, particularly galleries displaying Tibetan pieces.

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