The Reagan Era Video & Audio

The Reagan Era Video & Audio

"A Time for Choosing" Speech

"A Time for Choosing," the 1964 speech on behalf of presidential candidate Barry Goldwater that launched Reagan's political career.

"Born in the U.S.A." Music Video

1984 music video for Bruce Springsteen's hit single, "Born in the U.S.A." The video, which received heavy rotation on MTV, combines concert footage with heavy flag imagery and film of struggling heartland Americans.

"Don't Push Me 'Cause I'm Close to the Edge"

Music video for Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's 1982 hit, "The Message." Gritty images of urban decay provide rapper Melle Mel with an appropriate backdrop for his fable of inner-city desperation.

Rock Meets Rap

Music video for Run-DMC's 1986 hip-hop cover of Aerosmith's hit 1975 rock tune, "Walk This Way." The Run-DMC version, which included Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry as guest stars, fused rock and rap into an irresistible new style.

"Material Girl"

Music video for Madonna's 1985 single, "Material Girl," which embodied an extreme version of the self-interested ideology of the Reagan Era.