Product Details

• Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Mpi Home Video
• VHS Release Date: March 25, 1997
• Run Time: 69 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303973191
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #377,693 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the best of this series, June 8, 1999

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John Barnes (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Speeches of Reagan, Ronald [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Speeches Of .... series has a chronic problem with sound biting of important speeches (so that all you hear is a catch phrase -- no chance to appreciate rhetoric or context), showing inappropriate footage instead of the speaker, and brief truncated unattributed excerpts (in the worst cases, constructing speeches that were never given out of bits and pieces of other speeches). This one is mercifully free of those problems; there are satisfactorily large chunks, mostly 10-15 minute clips, of several of the key speeches of Reagan's career, including the Goldwater support speech (1964), the First Inaugural, the "evil empire", Star Wars (almost in its entirety), and the Farewell (about 70% of it). Suitable for actually hearing and seeing what he said, with few interruptions and very little annoying cuts to stock footage. (A minor complaint is the tendency of music to come swelling up before the speech is over). Kudos to the director who knew what to do with good footage. A second volume, with the Normandy speech, the "After Challenger" speech, "I paid for this microphone", the '76 concession, and of course "Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall" -- and perhaps a couple of the gaffes like the Bitburg one -- would round out the collection nicely. Not great -- there are still some needless and awkward cuts -- but much better than the common run of this series. -- J. Barnes, Asst Prof of Communication, Western State College of Colorado

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great to Hear Reagan ... But Not His Best Speeches, April 29, 1999

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This review is from: Speeches of Reagan, Ronald [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Any opportunity to hear the Great Communicator is welcomed. However, I found this video woefully lacking. First, I don't think Reagan's top speeches were chosen for the video -- probably due to limited time given the fact that far too much time was spent on lesser speeches. For instance, the speech at the Evangelical Prayer Breakfast where Reagan called the Soviet Union the "evil empire" and "the focus of evil in the world," the producers spent at least five minutes before and after those key parts of the speech. One speech in particular that I really wish had been included was the one Reagan made on Normandy beach celebrating the 40th anniversary of D-Day.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just GRRRRRREAT!, October 3, 2000

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ZAZA SIAMASHVILI "Reaganesque Republican" (Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Speeches of Reagan, Ronald [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I did enjoy watching hearing our beloved president who saved the earth from the nuke disaster and if anyone still disputes his unsurpassed role in the history, he /she should watch the tape and will be assured that He made the difference and he did it singlehandedly!