State of the union speech
- Title
- State of the union speech
- Genre
- News report; Speech
- TX Date
- 27 Jan 1987
- Year of production
- 1987
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- Duration
- 00:03:45
- Description
- Report with excerpts on US President Ronald Reagan’s State of the Union address. He admits during his speech that he made mistakes selling arms to Iran and comments on financing Contra guerillas in Nicaragua and the USSR being against his SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative aka Star Wars) defence programme. Male reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Ronald Reagan
- Keywords
- USA; Iran; Nicaragua; USSR; Arms sales; Defence; Hostages; Foreign policy; Guerilla activities; Political scandals; Strategic Defense Initiative
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LBC/IRN, "State of the union speech". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0000200200010 (Accessed 06 May 2025)