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President Ronald Reagan spoke at the Iowa Republican Caucus Kickoff. President Reagan highlighted his first term accomplishments and his plans for his next term.

President Ronald Reagan delivered a New Year’s radio address to the nation on the topic of drunk driving prevention. This recording is from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum …

President Ronald Reagan spoke in Normandy at the American Cemetery on the 40th anniversary of D-Day. He thanked those who liberated Europe from tyranny.

President Reagan addressed the nation following the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Earlier that day, the Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members.

President Reagan delivered his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. The speech was delayed several days in order to honor and mourn the victims of the Space Shut…

Reader’s Digest Washington Bureau Chief William Schulz interviewed President Reagan in the Oval Office in June 1985. The president talked about his Hollywood days as Screen Actors Guild pres…

In May 1985, NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Chris Wallace interviewed President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan at Camp David for a planned special report. White House Te…

The BBC’s Godfrey Hodgson sat down with President Ronald Reagan in the spring of 1988 -- late in his second term. In this wide-ranging Oval Office conversation, the president talked about hi…

Highlights of the 1981 inauguration of President Ronald Reagan were shown courtesy of NBC. This was the first inauguration held at the Capitol’s West Front.

Ronald Reagan delivered a critique of the growth of government and President Lyndon Johnson’s policies in this speech called “The Myth of the Great Society.” The film was donated to the Rona…

Three days prior to leaving office, President Ronald Reagan was interviewed by NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw. The president discussed his mother, alcoholic father, religious beliefs, careers in…

President Ronald Reagan delivered his economic address to a joint session of Congress. This was President Reagan’s first speech before the House and Senate.

Ronald Reagan gave his first press conference nine days after taking the oath of office on January 20, 1981. Questions about the recently resolved Iranian hostage crisis and its aftermath do…

President Reagan and former Vice President Walter Mondale met in Kansas City, Missouri, for the last of two presidential debates prior to the 1984 presidential election. The two candidates s…

Former President Ronald Reagan spoke at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, where Winston Churchill delivered his “Iron Curtain” speech on March 5, 1946. President Reagan’s remarks were…

President Ronald Reagan’s speech on the Challenger disaster and President George W. Bush’s speech on the Columbia disaster. Robert Crippen talked about the space program.

In his final weekly radio broadcast, President Ronald Reagan reflected on the eight years he served and the end of his administration.

Ronald Reagan accepted his party’s presidential nomination at the 1980 Republican National Convention in Detroit, Michigan. The former California Governor called on Americans to “recapture o…

President Jimmy Carter and Republican presidential nominee Ronald Reagan met in Cleveland, Ohio, for the last of two presidential debates prior to the 1980 presidential election. This was th…

President Ronald Reagan spoke at the 1984 Republican Convention in Dallas, Texas, accepting his party’s nomination to be the Republican candidate for President.