Videos

Bamiyan today - some TV-news documentaries in English and German

Ten years after the destruction of the Buddhas the future development of the Bamiyan Valley is discussed intensivly.

Tourim in Bamiyan 1970´s - on YouTube

A sequence on the Bamiyan statues from "Adventure in Afghanistan" from Hal, Halla and David Linker's television travelogue series, "The Wild, the Weird, and the Wonderful", circa 1973. The Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003; it is noted as being a World Heritage Site in Danger. The film clip is from the Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution collection of historical moving images.

Al-Jazeera documentation about Bamiyan on YouTube - 1/2

TV programme broadcasted on Al-Jazeera International on 23 July 2007 describing the current situation in Bamiyan including details on the work of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and UNESCO in their efforts for the preservation of the World Heritage Site Bamiyan

Al-Jazeera documentation about Bamiyan on YouTube - 2/2

TV programme broadcasted on Al Jazeera International on 23 July 2007

The Giant Buddhas

documentary about the Buddha statues that have been destroyed