Reagan addresses nation on defence
- Title
- Reagan addresses nation on defence
- Genre
- News report; Speech
- TX Date
- 24 Mar 1983
- Year of production
- 1983
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- Duration
- 00:03:59
- Description
- Report on the address to the nation by US President Ronald Reagan on defence spending cuts, arms race and hopes to develop defensive laser weapons rendering any nuclear weapon useless (Star Wars or SDI project). With excerpts of Reagan’s speech. Male reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Ronald Reagan
- Keywords
- USA; Armed forces; USSR; Nuclear weapons; Arms control; Arms race; National defence; Strategic Defense Initiative; Defence research
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LBC/IRN, "Reagan addresses nation on defence". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0005300234011 (Accessed 13 Jun 2025)