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Archive video of Dalai Lama after uprising

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The Dalai Lama fled to India following the failed 1959 rebellion in Tibet against Chinese rule.

This archive footage first broadcast 19 April 1959 shows the moment when he reached the end of his month-long trek over the Himalayas.

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