1:33:02
and a few hundred mortars
and machine guns.
1:33:05
The task is hopeless.
1:33:06
Then you refuse
the appointment, do you?
1:33:11
No. I accept it with honor.
1:33:15
You two gentlemen know about wars.
1:33:17
What type of weapon
do you recommend?
1:33:33
It seems the Chinese troops are
advancing toward our northern borders.
1:33:36
Where's His Holiness?
1:33:38
The glory of
a British coronation.
1:33:40
Nowhere in the world
is there anything half so wonderful.
1:33:43
Only once or twice in the life of each
one of us comes such a day as this...
1:33:46
when we know that we are watchlng
history in the making...
1:33:49
when we know that generations to come
will look back on this day...
1:33:53
for May 12, 1937, wIll be
one of the dates in hlstory...
1:33:56
that schoolchildren will learn about
maybe a thousand years from now.
1:33:59
Every moment
the thrill of excitement--
1:34:01
Do you thlnk someday people will
look at Tibet on the movie screen...
1:34:05
and wonder what happened to us?
1:34:07
The coronation coach moves forward.
1:34:09
I don't know.
1:34:12
Don't you have all the answers?
1:34:17
I don't.
1:34:26
On the same field where Tibetans
traditionally gathered for picnics...
1:34:30
ground was cleared
to build an alrstrip...
1:34:32
so that the plane carrying
three Chinese generals could land.
1:34:35
Nearby, the Tibetan army
practiced its maneuvers.
1:34:39
Some of the soldiers
wear ancient mesh armour.
1:34:42
They bring old muskets
and spears as artillery.
1:34:45
The spectacle of a peace-lovlng nation,
vainly attempting to create a mllitary.
1:34:50
The fears of war
on my friends ' faces...
1:34:53
strike a deeply burled
personal chord.
1:34:58
Echoes of the aggressions
of my own country...