This film presents the biography of Gandhi. It is hosted by Mike Wallace; American journalist, game show host, actor and media personality. Mahatma Gandhi was responsible for India’s campaign for independence from British rule. He was a lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist. Gandhi was also an avid promoter of nonviolent resistance. This film was produced by McGraw-Hill Films (:12). Civilians march in May of 1930 (:16) at the start of the Dharasana Satyagraha. British police beat back the protestors (:28). An Indian man on the ground takes blows from an officer (:35). Gandhi marches through the center of the people (:39). Mike Wallace appears at (1:24) to speak to Gandhi’s methods of peaceful resistance to oppression. Gandhi delivers messages to the people (2:19). Gandhi was born in the city of Porbandar (2:51). A photograph appears of Gandhi as a child (2:58) and in his teen years (3:08) as he was married to Kasturba (3:11). Gandhi studied law in England at eighteen (3:21). London civilians appear (3:31) in late 1800’s attire; long exquisite gowns and fat feathery hats. Gandhi receives his attorney’s license in1891 and his is sent for a case in British ruled Africa (3:56). He broke with western custom and western dress (4:10) as a way of protest. British wealth was draining Indian resources. Aristocrats trot by in horse and buggy (4:41). Poor Indians move through the city grounds (4:51). A harsh cast system restricted opportunity to a select few. A small group of followers take lesson (5:15). He works at a spinning wheel (5:35) teaching methods of nonviolent resistance such as boycotts. He speaks through a Chicago Telephone and Radio Company microphone (5:53). The boycott begins as the streets are pictured empty (6:02). A protest sign pleads for a boycott on British motor cars and oil in Indian and English (6:13). The movement overflows into open violence (6:19). Indian civilians lay flat as gunfire erupts (6:20). He appears in 1930 (6:35) launching a protest against the salt market. He begins a 300 mile march to the ocean on March 12th, 1930 (7:03) to illegally pull salt form the sea. A mass of marchers is pictured (7:44). Civilians are pictured carrying buckets of sea water (8:25). Fires burn (8:28) to distill the sea water. Salt pieces are pulled (8:41). A mound of salt sparkles on screen (8:52). British police swing in with clubs (9:06). The government confiscates the salt (9:13). Word spreads rapidly (9:27) sparking civil disobedience. Unarmed civilians invade the British monopoly (9:47). Police hold steel tipped bamboo clubs (10:10). A huddle sits on the ground absorbing the blows (10:29). Gandhi and followers are locked into India Central Prison (11:13). Civilians stand behind barbed wire (11:32). Gandhi headed to England in the summer of 1931 (11:49). He stands at the Bombay Port Trust Hotel (11:51). The Palace of Westminster appears (12:19). Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald meets with Gandhi (12:23) to limit his demands. Gandhi arrives in London (12:41). Winston Churchill’s disturbing quote about Gandhi is heard (12:51). He stands on a balcony in the poverty stricken East-End (13:03). Poor English listen to Gandhi’s message (13:08). The first of three Round Table Conferences is pictured (13:18). He plays with a mother and baby of the East-End (13:33). He plants a tree in Lancaster (13:53). He delivers a final statement in 1931 (14:57). Kasturba awaits his arrival (15:19) in India. He parades through the streets (15:48). A follower of Gandhi straps a new India flag to a telephone pole (16:15). A British police officer snaps one of the flags (16:31). Gandhi begins a period of fasting (16:45). He decides to end the fast once the rights of the Untouchables were recognized (17:03). He collects small contributions of donations for the lowest of the cast system (17:20). Japanese bombs erupt (17:32) as WW1 broke out in 1941. Indian troops appear trained by the British (18:09). Gandhi calls for another campaign of civil disobedience (18:31). Sir Stafford Cripps arrives (18:56) to negotiate with nationalist leaders like Muhammad Jinnah (19:04) and Pandit Nehru (19:09). He meets with Gandhi (19:13). In 1942, Gandhi was sent to jail (19:37). The Simla Conference took place in 1945 (19:58) as the British were ready to grant Indian Independence. Pandit Nehru rides in and would soon become the first Prime Minister (20:12). Dead bodies fill the alleys with blood as the country divided over religion (20:51). Muslim refugees head for Pakistan (21:09). Hindu refugees move the opposite direction (21:17). Gandhi meets with Lord and Lady Mountbatten (21:47). August 15th, 1947 (22:10) India celebrates its freedom. Lord Mountbatten marks the occasion (22:24). An assassin attacks on January 30th 1948 (23:35). Two million attended his funeral (24:01). This film wsa produced by David L. Wolper (25:32).

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