Ronald Reagan talks about how Radio Free Europe pierced Iron Curtain and appeals ...HD Stock Footage

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Ronald Reagan talks about how Radio Free Europe pierced Iron Curtain and appeals for help to keep it operating, in New York.

Crusade for freedom in New York. Ronald Reagan of Hollywood talks about how Radio Free Europe has pierced the Iron Curtain (Approaching people beyond reach). It includes personnel working on transmitters and radio station. US Army General Lucius Dubignon Clay speaks. Animated map shows Radio Free Europe has pierced the Iron Curtain. Ronald Reagan appeals for help to keep it operating. Location: New York United States. Date: August 27, 1951.

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