Weinberger on Star Wars project

Title

Weinberger on Star Wars project

Genre

News report; Press conference

TX Date

24 Feb 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:02:09

Description

Paul Maurice reports on US Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger’s London press conference on the US Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) or Star Wars research project. Includes extracts, with Weinberger on President Ronald Reagan’s aim that the technology should be shared with the rest of the world. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Caspar Weinberger; Paul Maurice

Keywords

USA; London; National defence; International defence; Strategic Defense Initiative; Defence research

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