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A 1970s Visit to Bamiyan
As a part of a television broadcast, world travelers Hal and Halla Linker toured the Afghan countryside in 1973, years before the Soviets invaded and the Taliban took control of the Buddhist site. (3:42)
Courtesy of: Smithsonian Human Studies Film Archives
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Comments (4)
Sure, we used to watch "Wonders of the World" with the Linkers, Hal, Halla & their young son David, back in the early 60s on KCOP in L.A. The series ran 4 or 5 years, actually, and each individual "Adventure" was always very interesting. The Linkers put a lot of travel and work into those very interesting and informative programs. You may have seen it as "Three Passports to Adventure." Thanks for showing this snippet of one of their travel adventures. I'd personally love to see the complete series again, especially as I missed several of the episodes.
Posted by Gerald Covey on July 31,2011 | 12:10 AM
Thank You for all the wonderful things you allow us to see through other peoples eyes in your magazine that most of us will never be able to visit. I can look at them once and then go back again and again and see something new. Love it.
Posted by H. Stillwell on January 6,2011 | 07:38 PM
My family used to watch this travel show every week. I don't recall watching this one though I'm sure we did. Thanks for posting it!
Posted by ER on December 25,2010 | 04:19 PM
It breaks your heart to see the now gone Buddha statues in this video.
Posted by Cleve Gray on December 11,2010 | 07:38 PM