Avoiding Armageddon | Rare Footage of 1985 US–Soviet Geneva Summit

Описание: Between 19-21 of November US President Ronald Reagan and newly elected General Secretary of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev met alongside their respective delegations for international diplomatic talks on the ensuing arms race. The first meet of it’s kind in 6 years, the Geneva Summit was met with considerable promise, in part due to the election of Gorbachev, representing a younger generation of soviet leadership willing to accept the financial burden of the arms race.

Presented here is a series of ITN reports covering the 1985 Geneva Summit.

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00:00 - Introduction
00:45 - What do the Soviets think of Ronald Reagan?
02:16 - Gennadi Gerasimov (Editor, Moscow News) interview
02:50 - Soviets on the election of Mikhail Gorbachev
05:00 - Gennadi Gerasimov (Editor, Moscow News) interview
07:30 - Murray Fleshbach (Georgetown University) interview on the Soviet perspective
08:00 - Vox pops (What do the Soviets think of the Americans)
08:30 - Vox pops (What do the Americans think of the Soviets)
08:55 - Brief history of US-Soviet Summits
12:48 - The American perspective
13:00 - Profile of the American delegation (Bud McFarlane, George P. Shultz, Caspar Weinberger, Paul Nitze)
15:18 - Reagan addresses the nation and embraces Geneva Summit
17:20 - Summit preparations in Geneva
17:50 - Soviet position of Afghanistan changes
18:09 - Anti-American protests in Geneva
18:30 - Anti-Soviet protests in Geneva
18:51 - Ronald Reagan arrives in Geneva and gives opening statement
21:23 - Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Geneva and gives opening statement
23:10 - Protester interrupts Soviet delegation briefing and conflict within the Soviet delegation
27:25 - American opening ceremony
28:50 - Reagan presser on ending the arms race
29:30 - American press briefing on the summit
33:05 - 19 November 1985 - Geneva Summit begins and media blackout
35:10 - Jesse Jackson meets Mikhail Gorbachev
36:00 - Jesse Jackson interview on meeting Gorbachev
37:00 - Raisa Gorbachev and Nancy Reagan meet
38:10 - Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan meet
40:00 - Media blackout begins
42:20 - Day 2 - regional conflicts discussed
48:25 - Anti-American and anti-Soviet protests in Geneva
49:50 - Raisa Gorbachev and Nancy Reagan event and presser
52:07 - Summit closes
52:35 - Mikhail Gorbachev statement on the Geneva Summit
53:23 - Ronald Reagan statement on the Geneva Summit
56:30 - Gorbachev statement on frustrations with Reagan and concerns about Star Wars
59:39 - Denis Healey MP (Labour Shadow Foreign Secretary) interview on legacy of the summit
01:02:43 - Chris Ogden ('Time' Magazine) interview on legacy of the summit

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