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[News Clip: Dolittle raid]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: [1942..1980]
Duration: 8 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Peabody Award and Seesaw Puppet Show]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, is an episode of the WBAP-TV children's television program "See Saw Zoo," hosted by Dean Raymond.
Date: 1949
Duration: 15 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: The Texas News

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering news highlights from 1949-1950. This year in review presents excerpts from news stories covered in Texas and across the United States, including airplane crashes, human interest stories, politicians, "Texas Personalities," sports, and the Korean War.
Date: 1949
Duration: 13 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Jim Wright Historical Footage]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, is a compilation of 1950s news stories featuring Jim Wright and other politicians.
Date: 1950
Duration: 6 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Chute shop]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a parachute packing and repair shop at Carswell Air Force Base. Various airmen are shown making, testing, and packing parachutes for future use.
Date: August 15, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 46 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Fish tales]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Paul Blackwell catching some large kingfish. The footage shows him describing to his friends Walter Glaze, Russell Young, and Paul Longley, how big the fish he caught were. He then proceeds to show them the fish.
Date: August 15, 1951
Duration: 39 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Gossett honored]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about a dinner to honor Congressman Ed Gossett on his retirement in Denton after twelve years of representing Texas' 13th congressional district. The footage features a good portion of Representative Gossett's speech with sound.
Date: August 15, 1951
Duration: 2 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: New State Fair Building]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about construction starting on a new livestock building for the State Fair. The footage shows the buildings installing giant wooden beams.
Date: August 15, 1951
Duration: 44 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Outdoor circus]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about the 22nd Community Circus at LaGrave air field in Fort Worth. Various acrobats are shown performing, such as Evelyn Kapps on the rope, trampoline artists Barbara Gallaher and Joe Slocum, and the acrobatic Bud Lucas troupe. There is also footage of Geneva McQuinn being crowned queen of the circus in a earlier pageant.
Date: August 15, 1951
Duration: 3 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Wash Day]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fort Worth police recovering wet clothes lost by someone. The footage shows traffic officer L. W. Spinks bringing lost clothes to the property room where property room officer McClanahan hangs them to dry and even irons them.
Date: August 15, 1951
Duration: 36 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Heat strike]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a strike by Fort Worth telephone switchboard employees due to a lack of air conditioning in telephone offices during a heat wave. The footage shows switchboard employees standing in lines outside, and images of fans blowing over ice cubes.
Date: August 16, 1951
Duration: 24 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Ladies day]

Description: Video footage from from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Powder Puff Derby, an annual all-female air race. The 1951 race began in Santa Ana, California and the entrants raced to Detroit, Michigan. This clip shows the racers making a mandatory stop at Meachum Field in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: August 16, 1951
Duration: 29 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Official feud]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about tension in the Dallas County Court after an office fistfight between County Commissioner John Rowland and County Judge Lew Sterrett over road and bridge programs.
Date: August 16, 1951
Duration: 26 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Cool job]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Ernest Burden, a Fort Worth man who runs an ice cream factory, enjoying recent hot weather.
Date: August 17, 1951
Duration: 56 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Football]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the start of football practice for the Carswell Air Force Base Bombers team. The footage shows the players receiving their equipment and running football drills.
Date: August 17, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 40 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: News Briefs (Boy Essay Winner)]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a story covering a news story about Charles Young winning a trip to New York City by writing an essay about the importance of baseball. Title from script.
Date: August 17, 1951
Duration: 28 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: News Briefs (Fire)]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a story covering a news story about a fire that damaged the Wade Hotel in downtown Fort Worth. The footage shows firemen putting out the blaze, and an ambulance driving away from the scene. Title from script.
Date: August 17, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 03 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: OPS chief]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a story about the strengthening of the Office of Price Stabilization. The footage features Edward Morgan describing the changes made in the economic control act.
Date: August 17, 1951
Duration: 2 minutes 01 second
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Farewells]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story.
Date: August 19, 1951
Duration: 26 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Little girl]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story.
Date: August 19, 1951
Duration: 20 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Travel stop]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story.
Date: August 19, 1951
Duration: 28 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Football Giants]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a story about the New York Giants playing an exhibition football game in Dallas. The footage shows several plays during practice and features Tom Landry punting the ball.
Date: August 21, 1951
Duration: 46 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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