- Collection:
- WRDW newsfilm collection, 1961-1976
- Title:
- Harlis Miller arrested.<p>Harlis Miller was accused of the rape of 14-year-old Gail Sillan and the murder of her mother in their Westport Connecticut home on Veterans Day, 1962. He was picked up in Soperton, Georgia.</p>
- Creator:
- WRDW-TV (Television station : Augusta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1962-11-19
- Subject:
- African American criminals
Rape--Connecticut--Westport
Murder--Connecticut--Westport - Location:
- United States, Connecticut, Fairfield County, Westport, 41.14149, -73.3579
United States, Georgia, Treutlen County, Soperton, 32.37712, -82.59236 - Medium:
- moving images
news
unedited footage - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Harlis Miller arrested.Harlis Miller was accused of the rape of 14-year-old Gail Sillan and the murder of her mother in their Westport Connecticut home on Veterans Day, 1962. He was picked up in Soperton, Georgia.
Title supplied by cataloger.
This is a preliminary record. The clip has sound.
Supporting information was taken from the following source: "Crime: You Wouldn't Understand." Time, November 23, 1962. - Local Identifier:
- Clip number: wrdw00024
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_wrdw_wrdw00024
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_wrdw_wrdw00024
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wrdw_wrdw00024/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wrdw00024, Harlis Miller arrested.<p>Harlis Miller was accused of the rape of 14-year-old Gail Sillan and the murder of her mother in their Westport Connecticut home on Veterans Day, 1962. He was picked up in Soperton, Georgia.</p>, WRDW-TV newsfilm collection, reel 0002, 13:26/14:44, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 1 mins., 18 secs.): black-and-white, silent ; 16 mm.
- Original Collection:
- Original found in the WRDW-TV newsfilm collection.
- Holding Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
-
