Gandhi Page #5

MURROW'S VOICE-OVER

...a man who made humility and simple

truth more powerful than empires."

And Albert Einstein added,

"Generations to come will scarce

believe that such a one as this ever

in flesh and blood walked upon this

earth."

The camera picks out those who ride on the weapon-carrier

with Gandhi's body... the stout, blunt, but now shattered

Patel, Gandhi's son, Devadas, the strong, almost fierce face

of Maulana Azad, now angry at the Gods themselves... and

finally Pandit Nehru -- a face with the strength of a hero,

the sensitivity of a poet, and now wounded like the son of a

loving father.

MURROW'S VOICE-OVER

... but perhaps to this man of peace,

to this fighter who fought without

malice or falsehood or hate, the

tribute he would value most has come

from General Douglas McArthur: "If

civilization is to survive," the

General said this morning, "all men

cannot fail to adopt Gandhi's belief

that the use of force to resolve

conflict is not only wrong but

contains within itself the germ of

our own self-destruction."...

A news truck is parked in the mass of the crowd. As the

cortege nears, the photographers on it stand to snap their

pictures. There is a newsreel crew center. The camera features

a woman photographer (Margaret Bourke-White) who sits with

her legs dangling over the side of the truck, her famous

camera held loosely in her hand, un-regarded, as she watches

the body of Gandhi approach. The intelligent features are

betrayed by the emotion in her eyes. For an instant we see

Gandhi from her point of view, and read the personal impact

it has on her.

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