Video: 'Gerald Ford-State of the Union Address (January 12, 1977)'

(Wednesday, January 12, 1977, 9:10 p.m. EST) — U.S. President Gerald Ford, in his third and final State of the Union Message, urged tonight that Congress and the incoming Carter-Mondale administration adopt “prudent” policies at home, warned that the nation must never be “second in defense” and said that he was returning to private life “with gladness and gratitude.”

Video: 'President Ford addressed the Congress in his final State of the Union address.' (full address)