Richard Kenneth Saker films of Tibet
name: label: Creator
content: Saker, Richard Kenneth, 1908-1979
place: label: Place
content: East Asia
label: Place
content: Tibet Region
topic: label: Topic
content: Nomads
label: Topic
content: New Year
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Stephen Saker in 2008.
creator: label: Creator
content: Saker, Richard Kenneth, 1908-1979
culture: label: Culture
content: Tibetans
label: Culture
content: Buddhists
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content: Richard Kenneth Saker films of Tibet
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Richard Kenneth Saker was the British Trade Agent posted to Gyantse, Tibet from 1941-1943.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Film reels (44 minutes, color silent; 500 feet, 8mm)
label: Extent
content: 261 Negatives (photographic) (black-and-white)
label: Extent
content: 395 Photographic prints (black-and-white and hand-colored)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1942-1943
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Richard Kenneth Saker Film Collection, 1942-1943."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.2008.16
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Negatives (photographic)
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Silent films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection consists of film and photographs taken by Richard Kenneth Saker of Tibetan New Year (Losar) and of Western Tibet 1942-1943.  Collection also includes chapters from his unpublished memoir relating to his tour of duty in Tibet.

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