Lost treasures of Tibet / produced and directed by Liesl Clark ; a NOVA production for WGBH in association with Channel 4.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Clark, Liesl, producer, director.

Schreiber, Liev, narrator.

Sanday, John, commentator.

WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), producer.

Channel Four (Great Britain), producer.

WGBH Video (Firm), distributor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Structural engineering.

History.

Mustang (Nepal : District)--Antiquities.

Mustang (Nepal : District).

Buddhist art--Nepal--Mustang.

Buddhist art.

Buddhist sculpture--Nepal--Mustang.

Buddhist sculpture.

Religious articles--Nepal--Mustang (District).

Religious articles.

Nepal--Mustang (District).

Painting, Ancient--Conservation and restoration.

Painting, Ancient.

Conservation and restoration.

Structural engineering--History.

Architecture, Ancient--Conservation and restoration.

Architecture, Ancient.

Genre:

Video recordings for hard of hearing people.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Television programs.

Documentary television programs.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[South Burlington, VT] : WGBH Video, [2003]

Language Note:

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

System Details:

VHS.

analog

magnetic

VHS

Summary:

A race against time as art and restoration experts mix history, science and politics in a complicated and daunting mission to preserve Mustang's religious works of art: Buddhist paintings and wood-sculptures in one of the last outposts of Tibetan culture.

Participant:

Narrator, Liev Schreiber; commentary by John Sanday ... [et al.].

Notes:

Originally broadcast as a segment of: Nova.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1578079837

OCLC:

51864874

Publisher Number:

WG36763 WGBH Video