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Bhutan

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Bhutan

1928

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This amateur film captures the Maharajah of Bhutan watching the marking of the Assam/Bhutan boundary, as well as fantastic scenes of elephants bathing on the Manas River, which flows through the Himalayan foothills.

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Directed by: F.M. Bailey

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