Summary

RONALD REAGAN

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: RONALD REAGAN
File Number: DN-ZLB-041 Beta SP
Color: Color
Type: News
Year: 01/01/1983
Subjects: Aerials, US presidents, Ronald Reagan, speeches, White House, Washington DC, SDI, Strategic Defense Initiative, defense, military, nuclear weapons, missiles, Republicans, GOP, USSR, Cold War, arms race, ICBM, Soviet Union, artillery, diplomacy, free trade, economy, parliament, exports, globalism, Japan, Asia, capitalism, democracy, Pacific, intelligence, espionage, spy planes, aviation, Communism, conservatives
Description: 00:00:58:25 - 00:29:55:28 color w sound 1983 EXT White House at night Ronald Reagan televised address March 23 National security- SDI Defense budget request- 'trimmed to the limits of safety' Urging congress to pass budget or explain cuts Says princible of SDI- 'The US does not start fights We will never be an aggressor' Deterrence through strength Soviet Union's arsenal of strategic nuclear weapons Graphic chart: ICBM missile development in US vs USSR US lagging behind in nuclear weapons development Artillery VS aerial photos of Soviet Intelligence facilities, airfields in Cuba Nicaragua, Grenada Compares level of Soviet arms exports to Cuba with Cuban Missile Crisis era Affirms US support for 'freedom-fighter' rebels in El Salvador, Nicaragua Mentions Angola, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Poland Asks Can we afford to believe Soviets won't use force? Military morale Counters arguments for nuclear freeze, wants arms reduction verification Raising military recruitment, morale Refers to Lebanon, Persian Gulf Social spending vs defense graph Plans summits with USSR 00:30:07:20 - 01:05:53:25 color w sound 1983 Ronald Reagan address to National Diet at Diet Building, Tokyo, Japan, November 11 HA Reagan speaks at podium US and Japanese flag in BG ZI to president Speaks statement in Japanese - 'Bonds that unite us are greater than those that divide us' Harmony, tradition Quotes Japanese poet on freedom, diversity Refers to Soviet attack on Korean Air Lines flight 007 passenger jet over Sea of Japan Japanese - American partnership for peace Arms control, reductions 'Peace through strength' Praises Japanese 'economic miracle' Blames Democrats for economic opposition, federal spending Uses Japan for tax example Jokingly proposes idea of exchanging US congress, Japanese diet Protectionism as influence downturn toward depression Asks for support, reduction of trade barriers to US exports Science & technology expo Refers to Mt Everest Japan - US expedition Audience rises in standing ovation ZI First lady Nancy Reagan clapping
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