Gandhi Film It could be said that “History is what the present chooses to remember about the past.” Given the fact that the audience will take away from the movie an impression of the historical events or figures portrayed in the story, does the film improve the viewer’s understanding of historical events? Justify your conclusion

Where did the term “iron curtain” originate? the warsaw pact used the term iron curtain as a code word for communism. in a 1946 speech, british prime minister winston churchill said an iron curtain had fallen across the continent of europe. while visiting western europe in 1946, u.s. president harry truman commented that the mountains there looked like iron curtains. russian general secretary joseph stalin instructed citizens of eastern europe to hang iron curtains over their windows to protect themselves from stray bullets.