Ronald Reagan’s Tear Down This Wall speech, Berlin

Title

Ronald Reagan’s Tear Down This Wall speech, Berlin

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:31:05

Description

Report on US President Ronald Reagan’s speech from the Brandenburg Gate, calling on Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. Also covers the demonstrations against Reagan’s coming to Berlin, how the wall will fall across Europe, and how Berlin should host the Olympics. Male reporter not identified. Followed by the speech in full.

Contributors

Ronald Reagan

Keywords

USA; USSR; International relations; Nuclear weapons; Arms control; Nuclear disarmament; Europe; Ronald Reagan; Mikhail Gorbachev; Germany FR; German DR; East West relations; Berlin; Berlin Wall

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