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[News Clip: AAU track meet]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Texas AAU track and field championships in Houston.
Date: June 12, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 46 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Abilene takes state grid crown]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the football game for the state championship between Abilene High School and Stephen F. Austin High School.
Date: December 19, 1954
Duration: 5 minutes 01 second
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Allee on stand in Parr hearing]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a hearing in Houston for political figure George Parr, who claims that two Texas Rangers threatened to kill him while he was serving as the sheriff in Duval County.
Date: February 23, 1954
Duration: 48 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Annual Coaching School Starts]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annual coaching school in Houston. The coaching school gave high school coaches an opportunity to learn from college coaches.
Date: August 5, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 15 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Armed forces day observances held]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the observance of Armed Forces Day in Texas, with military events in cities around the state.
Date: May 17, 1953
Duration: 2 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Arrests]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Edward J. Hall being charged with kidnap-robbery.
Date: January 14, 1953
Duration: 56 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Auction of People]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a date auction at the University of Houston to raise money and publicize the school's Frontier Fiesta.
Date: March 19, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 13 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Baby Beauty Contest]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a baby beauty contest taking place at the Houston Music Hall.
Date: March 6, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 15 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Baseball feature]

Description: Video footage from he WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Texas League All-Star Game in Houston, featuring the top players from baseball teams across the state.
Date: July 15, 1951
Duration: 3 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Big barge]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the launch of an Army construction barge, the largest ever built, from the Port of Houston.
Date: February 20, 1953
Duration: 23 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Billy Graham and his pic]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Houston premiere of the film "Oiltown U.S.A.," produced by evangelist Billy Graham.
Date: March 4, 1953
Duration: 47 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Bing Embarassed, Replaced by Hope]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the town of Crosby, Texas, temporarily changing its name to Hope so its residents can participate in a nationwide stunt for comedian Bob Hope's television show.
Date: December 13, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 25 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Bomb shelter]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a civil defense experiment in Houston involving a family spending 72 hours underground in a bomb shelter to test the feasibility of emergency preparedness measures in the event of a nuclear attack.
Date: June 19, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 53 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Brainwashed Padre]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Houston stop of a lecture tour by Catholic priest Robert W. Greene. Father Greene's lecture describes his trial, imprisonment and eventual banishment from Communist China amid allegations of being an American spy.
Date: January 19, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 38 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Brewster in Houston]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about former Senator Owen Brewster of Maine arriving in Houston to speak to the South Texas Postgraduate Medical Assembly.
Date: July 22, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 41 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Bricklayers]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Texas Apprentice Bricklayers Contest in Houston, with masons in training competing to build the best walls.
Date: March 19, 1953
Duration: 49 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Buffs-Sports]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a baseball game between the Houston Buffs and the Shreveport Sports.
Date: April 10, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 17 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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