LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Western heads of state call for Berlin Wall to come down

Genre

Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:00:32

Description

Brief extracts from archive speeches. Prime Minister Winston Churchill speaking of an Iron Curtain descending over Europe at the end of World War II. Successive US Presidents - John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush - calling for the Berlin Wall to come down.

Contributors

John F. Kennedy; Ronald Reagan; George H. W. Bush; Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Keywords

USA; UK; Germany; Prime ministers; Presidents; Communism; Europe; German DR; Berlin Wall; Border control

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