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Wilbur Mills Interview

Wilbur Mills Interview

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Title:: Wilbur Mills Interview
Description:: Wilbur Mills statement that the gold crisis is very serious.
Creator:: Ellison, Richard
Interviewee:: Mills, Wilbur D. (Wilbur Daigh), 1909-1992
Date:: March 15, 1968
Format:: Film/Video
Location:: WGBH
Collection (local):: WGBH Open Vault
Series:: Vietnam: A Television History
Subjects:: Gold
Budget--United States
Mills, Wilbur D. (Wilbur Daigh), 1909-1992
Places:: District of Columbia > Washington
Extent:: 00:01:03:01
Link to Item:: http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9807973783B94E85A889B4D13DB3694F
Terms of Use:: Footage courtesy of CBS News Archive Rights Holder: CBS News (http://www.cbsnews.com)
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Publisher:: CBS News
Identifier:: V_9807973783B94E85A889B4D13DB3694F

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