"How Big Was the Presidential Motorcade?" Clip from Interview with Clint Hill, 2013
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Artifact Overview
Clint Hill was sworn in as a Special Agent with the United States Secret Service in 1958. Over the course of his 17-year career, Hill served Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, and Gerald R. Ford. Hill retired as Assistant Director of the Secret Service, responsible for all protective forces, in 1975.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Film clip
Date Made
19 November 2013
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2013.147.1.7
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Clinton J. Hill.
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