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Mahatma Gandhi : Film - Life of Gandhi (1947-1948, Part 13 of 14)
Angebot von Google Video. India Liberated, 1947-1948: India achieved its long-cherished freedom on 15 August 1947 and declared herself to be a secular democracy. This 19 min 47 sec film depicts how the architect of Indian freedom was engaged in his lonely trek to banish communal hatred and to make all men brothers when the rest of India was busy celebrating independence.
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Mahatma Gandhi : Film - Life of Gandhi (1869-1892, Part 01 of 14)
Depicts the early phase of Gandhi's "experiments with truth". It was during this period that the foundation of his devotion to Ram - the Lord - was laid and he realised the beauty of the Bhagawad Gita which opened a new way of life for him. He acquainted himself with the principal religions of the world and tried to harmonise his inner and outer urges. The conviction that Truth is the substance of all morality took deep root in him and 'to return good for evil' became his guiding principle.
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Mahatma Gandhi : Film - Life of Gandhi (1931, Part 06 of 14)
Angebot von Google Video. New Challenges, 1931: The 7 min 21 sec film depicts the momentous events of 1931 - an important landmark in the history of India's freedom movement. It was in this year that at Gandhi's instance, the Indian National Congress adopted a charter of fundamental rights correlating political and economic liberty.
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GandhiServe Foundation
Mahatma Gandhi's photographs, films, audio and video clips, and other media and information for research and education on peace and nonviolence.
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Mahatma Gandhi : Film - Life of Gandhi (1932-1934, Part 08 of 14)
A Cry For Justice, 1932-1934: This 09 min 03 sec film depicts Gandhi's struggle against untouchability for the recognition of human dignity, his epic fast in the prison in pursuance of the noble cause and his whirlwind tour of India shaking the citadels of orthodoxy, spreading a spirit of reform and rejuvenation.
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Mahatma Gandhi : Film - Life of Gandhi (1921-1928, Part 04 of 14)
The Great Trial, 1921-1928: In the 20 min 11 sec film Gandhi identified himself with the Indian masses, donned the loin-cloth and preached disaffection towards the unjust government. The film depicts his trial for sedition which was also a trial of strength between a tyrannical government and a conscientious non-violent rebel. Prison gates were widened. Visibly India had turned Gandhian.
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Mahatma Gandhi : Film - Life of Gandhi (1934-1938, Part 09 of 14)
Call Of The Villages, 1934-1938: This 20 min 33 sec film depicts how Mahatma Gandhi settled in a village and dedicated himself to the cause of village-reconstruction through the revival of arts and industries to make the village self-reliant. It also explains his theory of education aiming at producing the whole man and highlights the reaction of the apostle of non-violence to the bursting of war-clouds over Europe.
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Mahatma Gandhi : Film - Life of Gandhi (1946-1947, Part 12 of 14)
Pilgrim Of Peace, 1946-1947: This 19 min 01 sec film depicts Gandhi's pilgrimage of love and hope meant to bring solace to the bleeding hearts in riot-wrecked Bengal and Bihar. Along with Gandhi's message of tolerance to his own people, the film also deals with the message of love and truth he gave to the Inter Asian Relations Conference held in Delhi and his dream of 'One World'.
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Mahatma Gandhi : Film - Life of Gandhi (1893-1914, Part 02 of 14)
Angebot von Google Video. The 32 min 25 sec film depicts the scene of a unique struggle against racial discrimination under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa. Satyagraha - the doctrine of soul-force - was adopted as a political weapon for the first time in the history of the world. It was a struggle between humility and love on one side and conceit and violence on the other.
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Mahatma Gandhi : Film - Life of Gandhi (1931-1932, Part 07 of 14)
The 42 min 18 sec film depicts Gandhi's visit to England as the sole representative of the Indian National Congress at the Second Round Table Conference. The apostle of non-violence, scantily clothed, pleaded not merely for India's freedom but for a vaster and more comprehensive morality. He declared, "My goal is friendship with the world." The conference was completely abortive. On his return to India, His Majesty's guest at Buckingham Palace was led to His Majesty's prison.
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Mahatma Gandhi : Film - Life of Gandhi (30 Jan 1948, Part 14 of 14)
Martyrdom, 30 January 1948: The epic life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was ended. This 17 min 30 sec film tells the story of the tragic but glorious day of Gandhi's martyrdom in the cause of unity and love - a day that turned the nations of the world into one mourning family. He had said, "If I am to die by the bullet of a mad man, I must do so smiling." He bowed to his assassin and died with the name of God on his lips. He was the Victorious One in death as in life.
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