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The shadow circus : the CIA in Tibet / a White Crane Films production for BBC Television ; written by Tenzing Sonam ; produced and directed by Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam.
LIBRA VHS/PAL DS786 .S46 1998
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Tibetan
- Subjects (All):
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--History--1951-.
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China).
- United States--Foreign relations--China.
- United States.
- International relations.
- China.
- China--Foreign relations--United States.
- Guerrillas--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Guerrillas.
- China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Insurgency--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Insurgency.
- Espionage, American--China--Tibet Autonomous Region--History--20th century.
- Espionage, American.
- History.
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
- Genre:
- Television programs.
- Documentary television programs.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- Other Title:
- CIA in Tibet
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : White Crane Films, [1998]
- Language Note:
- Some interviews in Tibetan with English voice-over.
- System Details:
- VHS - PAL.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- PAL
- Summary:
- When Communist China marched into Tibet in 1949, Tibetans took up arms against the invading forces. Unknown to most, from the mid-1950s to 1969 the CIA armed, financed, and trained Tibetan guerrillas in an effort to curtail the expansion of communism. This project, code named ST Circus, was one of the CIA's longest-running covert operations. To the dismay of Tibetan soldiers, the CIA pulled out their support when the U.S. decided that ST Circus was no longer in the best interest of America's political and economic agenda.
- Participant:
- Narrated by Andrew Sachs.
- Ratu Ngawang, Athar Norbu, Tenzin Tsultrim, Thinley Paljor, Bapa Legshay, Dechen, Bhusang, Bapa Yeshe, Acho, Lhamo Tsering, Tendar, Ugyen Tashi, Ato Chodak [resistance fighters] ; The Dalai Lama ; Gyalo Thondup ; Ken Knaus, Roger McCarthy, Don Cesare, Frank Holober, Sam Halpern, John Greaney, Bruce Walker [CIA].
- Credits:
- Music, Julian Stewart Lindsay.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a television film in 1998.
- OCLC:
- 63598372
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