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Interview with Indira Gandhi

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1966

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0:10: video starts of military marches in India? Has music and shows multiple scenes, 3-day festival celebrating freedom

01:10: Caldwell talks about prime minister and politics with scenes of the festival, talks about importance of relationship with U.S.

02:40: starts talking about interview of Indira Gandhi, no questions given in advance, conducted in her home

03:15: footage of interview starts

03:20: talks her talking with media of another country

03:47: says biggest problem is economic development, wants to spread use of television, talks financial and foreign exchange setbacks, they want to get tv sets to villages and produce agriculture programs around New Delhi

05:41: talks about her father’s philosophy, said the country started off with the most debt, talks about what her father had to accomplish as prime minister, talks democracy moving down to village level, says women are becoming more involved

07:25: starts talking about socialism, she says socialism means different things in different cultures, says socialism means better distribution and production in her country

09:00: she said she expects long friendship with the U.S., brings up Russia agreement, doesnt think Russia contradicts any efforts of the us

09:45: aside from Caldwell about her leadership and her father

10:15: Caldwell on camera and talks about public reception of prime minister, says Gandhi meets with women

11:40: interview with U.S. ambassador Chester Bowles, questions sent in advance

11:50: says Indians get perspective of U.S. came from movies, said Americans think of India through stereotypes, say there a positive, impressive changes in last 15 years, “new look of India”

13:31: most attractive feature of country is democracy, said people there care about democracy and changing their country

14:44: next interview with Marvin Zim, he talks about country relations between Russia, China, India

15:45: editor Frank Morais is the next interview, says coverage is helping the area, says India wants to continue being friendly with Russia

18:00: talks about leadership meeting, says Gandhi is well-traveled, says US president will try to clear up misconceptions

18:36: E.B. De Costa intro and interview

18:54: he talks about food production and consumption while videos of farming is shown, wants to be self-sufficient in multiple crops including wheat and rice, want to be able to produce clothes, wants to make sure everyone is housed and receives an education, sets goals to accomplish before 2000

20:55 goes into Hesoka Meka?’s career, one of two of Gandhi's appointed cabinet members, wants to be a force in the world

22:17: video cuts back to Gandhi and her interview, she says she wants to see her country improve economically, she said she think their economic plans are good

23:47: cuts back to farming footage with music, Caldwell starts talking about Gandhi's plans to serve her nation

24:27: title is “Mrs. Gandhi's India”, continues showing variety of clips with music

25:04 screen goes black and program ends