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Gandhi – His Life And Philosophy - VG+/VG
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His Life and Philosophy as told by Gandhi himself and those closely connected with him. Narration by Francis Watson.

Recordings from the BBC Sound Archives of Mahatma Gandhi and those connected with his remarkable life and work. Narration written and spoken by Francis Watson. Includes the voices of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr. Zakir Husain, The 1st Earl of Halifax (Lord Irwin), Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Sir Robert Broomfield, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Dr. Gilbert Murray, O.M., Acharya J.B. Kripalani , Raja Hutheesingh, H. S. L. Polak, Pyarelal Nayar, Dr. Sushila Nayar, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Mirabehn (Mirabehn), Reginald Reynolds, Maurice Frydman, G. D. Birla, Shankerlal Banker, P. L. O'T Quinn, H. N. Brailsford, Sudhir Datta, Muriel Lester, Brijkrishna Chandiwala, K. Shridharani, Robert Stimson, J. R. Glorney Bolton and Sudhir Ghosh.
Actuality recordings include the moment of Independence for India on August 15th, 1947 with crowds shouting “Mahatma Gandhi ki jay”; A message from Gandhi to the West just after Independence; Three excerpts from Gandhi speaking in English at the Asian Relations Conference in New Delhi, April 2nd, 1947; a bomb going off while Gandhi is speaking in his own language at his prayer meeting; Gandhi speaking about the people of East London where he was staying in 1931.
Music is traditional Indian (BBC Copyright) and includes a recording of a beggar in a train playing a Bulbultarang (keyboard zither).