AFP News Agency
VOICED : Thai monk gets political
In deeply devout Thailand, where religious leaders are revered, monks are normally considered above politics. But one cleric is not willing to stay out of the political fray and is now one of the leaders the recent anti-government...
Curated Video
Nativity trail to open in Palestine
AP Television News
Between Jenin and Nablus, West Bank - 16 December 2008
1. Wide of biblical-looking field with sheep and goat
2. Wide of biblical-looking field with shepherd and cattle
AP Television News
Outside Bethlehem, West Bank -...
Curated Video
Universal Newsreel
Story 5, BUDDHIST MONKS,
200 UN 36-51, 20 June 1963 b/w, sound
03:09:32: Buddhist monks & nuns demonstrate against gov in Saigon.
03:09:43- demos on streets. Clashes on the street.
03:10:12- monks praying on streets ...
Curated Video
Tibetan govt in exile comments after two Tibetans set selves on fire in China
1. Wide of Tibetan demonstrators with Tibetan flag at protest rally
2. Close-up of monk holding two portraits of monks who had previously set fire to themselves
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Thupten Samphal, official spokesperson of Tibetan...
Curated Video
Monks and nuns march to urge ECCC to speed up the genocide trial
1. Various of monks and nuns walking in procession along road
2. Wide shot of monks walking into Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) complex
3. Close up of monks walking into courts
4. SOUNDBITE: (Khmer) Vox Pop,...
Curated Video
JAPAN: MT.TAKAO: ANCIENT RITUAL OF FIREWALKING (V)
Voice and effects
VOICED BY: Richard Vaughan
Hundreds of people gathered at the foot of Mt. Takao, north of Tokyo, on Sunday to perform a rare and ancient ritual - walking on fire with bare feet.
Every spring, the mountain dwelling...
Curated Video
Protesters shave hair in protest against Olympic torch relay
1. Various of protesters having their heads shaved
2. Close-up of man chanting
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tenzing Anzrugsurba, protester:
"It symbolises unity amongst the monks and nuns that died in Tibet. So this is basically a symbolic...
Curated Video
VOICER Thousands listen as exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader lectures
0000 Wide shot interior of palace with Dalai Lama seated
0004 Dalai Lama seated
0006 Cutaway audience
0009 Dalai Lama
0017 Pan of audience
0024 Lamas
0026 Audience
0029 SOUNDBITE (Tibetan) Dalai Lama, Exiled Tibetan Buddhist...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: Fears grow for fate of Myanmar's monks
CLEAN: Fears grow for fate of Myanmar's monks
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Monasteries militarised in Thailand's troubled South
VOICED: Monasteries militarised in Thailand's troubled South
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Tokyo rapper monk shakes Buddhist scriptures
VOICED: Tokyo rapper monk shakes Buddhist scriptures
AFP News Agency
VOICED: No sour grapes for Lebanon's wine-making Maronite monks
VOICED: No sour grapes for Lebanon's wine-making Maronite monks
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: Fears grow for fate of Myanmar's monks
CLEAN: Fears grow for fate of Myanmar's monks
Bridgeman Arts
Chinese temple. France, 1955
Clip 6 from the 1955 film 'La Piste Du Soleil', exploring the possibilities of exotic photography in France. Scenes of a Chinese temple, women praying inside, and a monk in meditation.
Curated Video
Last chariot of King Tutankhamun moved to museum
Egypt has moved the sixth and last chariot of famed pharaoh Tutankhamun to an under-construction museum near the pyramids in Giza.
The priceless artefact, driven through Cairo on Saturday with a military police escort, was...
Press Association
Monks in East Lothian turn out to vote in the European elections
Two monks from Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw, in East Lothian cast their votes in the European election.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Actor Brad Pitt visits Japanese temple to promote 'Bullet Train'
Hollywood actor Brad Pitt visits Koyasan Tokyo Betsuin Temple during a promotional tour of Japan for his new action movie "Bullet Train", based on the 2010 novel "Maria Beetle" by Japanese writer Kotaro Isaka (Footage by AFPTV via Getty...