1950s Nepal Documentary

Nepali Documentary by Tony Hagan

A documentary (1950-1961) by Toni Hagen during his geographical fieldwork in Nepal.

Nepali Documentary by Tony Hagan

This 1950’s documentary by Toni Hagen is really awesome and shows how beautiful Nepal was in the past. The documentary was filmed by Toni Hagen and is narrated in Nepali. Toni Hagen filmed Nepalese cultural and ethnic diversity originally as produced as a silent documentary, and later with an English narration in his own voice. This one is further narrated in Nepal.
Filmmaker Toni Hagen shot much of his sociological documentary “Uhile ko Nepal” between 1950 and 1960 – a decade when the gates of Nepal had only recently been opened to the outside world. According to his facebook page,
“Hagen initially visited the country on a mission of Swiss development assistance, with a stated goal of diamond hunting, but in the process, he stumbled onto a pre-technological civilization, free from such modern accoutrements as paved roads, automobiles and airplanes – and undertook a 14,000 km journey from one end of the country to another. The result is a time capsule of a vanished civilization – captured in footage that forms a striking contrast with modern-day Nepal.” Note: source Nepali Blogger