Indiana Broadcast History Archive

Howard Caldwell travels to India to interview India's leader, Indira Gandhi

Video (25:27)  
Other Identifier: IBHA.HCC.0042 
(Notes by Cate Charron, J450 History of Journalism, Fall 2021) 

Howard Caldwell travels to India to speak with prime minister Indira Gandhi. They discuss multiple topics including Gandhi’s father, socialism and the Indian economy. 

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* 

7:25: “Socialism and democracy..” 

8:58 “potentiality for growth” 

Talks about how socialism is different in every country and it best suits India, conversely with socialism beliefs in the U.S. 

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 loof of India”* 

11:37: “Mr. ambassador, how well” 

13:25: “There is enormous change taking place” 

He talks about the differences between the two countries in reality and what stereotypes there are. 

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