Examine the life of the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Wilson Reagan.
Examine Reagan's early career as a radio announcer, before eventually moving on to have a successful acting career in Hollywood.
Part three in the series will track Reagan's early political life before eventually switching parties and serving as the two-term Republican Governor of California during the unrest of the late 1960s.
During Reagan's first term he appointment Sandra Day O'Conner to the Supreme Court, the first woman to hold the position. He also instated his supply-side economic theories sometimes called 'The Trickle Down Theory'.
Reagan won reelection to his second term as President by the largest electoral margin in the history of the country.
There is little argument that Ronald Reagan's greatest accomplishment as President of the United States was putting an end to the 40-plus year Cold War. Part six covers the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Reagan's success was tied directly to his ability to communicate. Discover how his reputation as The Great Communicator influenced his philosophy and political strategy.
Ronald Reagan's impact and lasting legacy are the focus of this final episode along with his personal life, including his battle with Alzheimer's disease.
'Mr. Chairman, Mr. Vice President to be, this convention, my fellow citizens of this great nation: With a deep awareness of the responsibility conferred by your trust, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States'. With these words Governor Ronald Reagan became the 1980 Presidential candidate.
Newly elected President Ronald Reagan takes the oath of office for his first term as President of the United States; January 20, 1981.
President Ronald Reagan gives his acceptance speech GOP National Convention held in Dallas, Texas.
Speech to the Nation from the Oval Office on Defense and National Security including the Strategic Defense Initiative SDI or as pundits have labeled it 'Star Wars'.
President Ronald Reagan addresses the Nation from the Oval Office concerning the events in the Iran-Contra Affair, a political scandal, that came to light in November 1986 in which senior United States figures agreed to facilitate the sales of arms to Iran, the subject of an arms embargo, to secure the release of hostages and to fund Nicaraguan contras or the Nicaraguan Resistance movement.