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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LBC/IRN, "State of the union address". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0000500291017 (Accessed 06 May 2025)