Secret Tibet

Secret Tibet

101 mins | Documentary | Jan. 18, 1943

In 1938 Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler sponsored an expedition to Tibet lead by several Nazi SS scientists to study the regions flora and fauna, and to take scientific measurements of the Earths magnetic fields. The expedition was also sent to find traces of the orgins of the "Aryan" race in Tibet which was where Himmler thought evidence of could be found. This film is a Nazi era documentary of that expedition.

Secret Tibet

101 mins | Documentary | Jan. 18, 1943

Secret Tibet
In 1938 Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler sponsored an expedition to Tibet lead by several Nazi SS scientists to study the regions flora and fauna, and to take scientific measurements of the Earths magnetic fields. The expedition was also sent to find traces of the orgins of the "Aryan" race in Tibet which was where Himmler thought evidence of could be found. This film is a Nazi era documentary of that expedition.
Producers Universum Film (UFA)
Original title Geheimnis Tibet
Directors H.A. Lettow, Ernst Schäfer
Writers H.A. Lettow, Ernst Schäfer