''The Lost World of Tibet'' is a
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documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
produced in conjunction with the
British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ...
. The 90-minute film was broadcast on
BBC Two
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in November 2006.
The film is presented by
Dan Cruickshank and features footage shot in
Tibet
Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa people, ...
prior to the 1950s with commentary from the
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
The 14th Dalai Lama (spiritual name Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, known as Tenzin Gyatso (Tibetan: བསྟན་འཛིན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, Wylie: ''bsTan-'dzin rgya-mtsho''); né Lhamo Thondup), known as ...
, and other people featured.
This is one of a number of BFI television series featuring footage from the BFI National Archive and produced in partnership with the BBC:
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The Lost World of Mitchell & Kenyon''
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The Lost World of Friese-Greene''
*''The Lost World of Tibet''
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BBC television documentaries about history
British Film Institute
2006 British television series debuts
History of Tibet
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