State of the union address

Title

State of the union address

Genre

Interview; Speech

TX Date

29 Jan 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:03:04

Description

6 linked clips on US President George H. W. Bush’s State of the Union address announcing slashes in defence budget due to end of the Cold War and pledging to fight the economic recession.1. Excerpt of address on economic recession.2. Excerpt on reducing defence spending.3. Excerpt on Communism dying this year.4. UK Defence Secretary Tom King on nuclear defence reduction announced.5.Excerpt on fear of nuclear war being over.6. Excerpt on end of Cold War, to applause.

Contributors

Tom King; George H. W. Bush

Keywords

USA; Budgets; UK; Nuclear weapons; Cold War; Defence policy; Economic recession; Communism; East West relations

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