Reagan State of Union address

Title

Reagan State of Union address

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

7 Feb 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:02:22

Description

Andrew Manderstam reports on US President Ronald Reagan’s second and last State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. Includes introduction by the Speaker of the House of Representatives Tip O’Neill and speech extracts, with Reagan defending his Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) or Star Wars project.

Contributors

Andrew Manderstam; Ronald Reagan; Tip O’Neill

Keywords

USA; Politics; Ronald Reagan; National defence; Addresses (speeches); Strategic Defense Initiative

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