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[Vehicles Stuck in Flood Water]

Description: Photograph of three commercial vehicles stuck in the flood waters from Detroit's worst flood in 1957. In the image the bus driver is sticking his body out the driver window, another man sits on top his truck's cabin, while the other crouches on top the container of his truck. More vehicles can be seen being held back by a police car from the rising waters.
Date: July 22, 1957
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Vehicles Stuck in Flood Water]

Description: Photograph of three commercial vehicles stuck in the flood waters from Detroit's worst flood in 1957. In the image the bus driver is sticking his body out the driver window, another man sits on top his truck's cabin, while the other crouches on top the container of his truck. More vehicles can be seen being held back by a police car from the rising waters.
Date: July 22, 1957
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Richland Hills]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about flooding in Richland Hills causing damage to homes and forcing residents to evacuate the area.
Date: May 26, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Dallas flood (Murphy)]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a communities around the Dallas - Fort Worth area evacuating or having to be rescued from flood waters.
Date: April 26, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Outdoors]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about skies clearing in the Dallas - Fort Worth area after 17 days of raining and flooding.
Date: May 5, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Water]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Fort Worth suburbs attempting to avoid further flood damage.
Date: May 12, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Floods]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about heavy rain displacing hundreds of Waco residents from their homes and causing severe damage to the community.
Date: April 23, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Dallas river]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Trinity River in Dallas cresting at 41 and 7/10 feet, forcing several families out of their homes.
Date: May 26, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: House in creek]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a small, one-story Dallas house being washed away in a flood. All three occupants escaped unharmed.
Date: May 13, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Flood]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about severe weather in the Dallas - Forth Worth area and the damage it is causing in the communities.
Date: April 26, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Brazos rough for barge trip]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a group of Fort Worth adventurers navigating the Brazos River near Mineral Wells.
Date: June 17, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Rain]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about minor flooding in Dallas and Fort Worth following a rains storm.
Date: April 24, 1957
Duration: 4 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Flooding and cleanup]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Dallas and Fort Worth citizens cleaning up after 13 inches of rain and flooding.
Date: April 27, 1957
Duration: 3 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Arlington Lake fills]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Arlington Lake spilling over the dam and into the surrounding spill ways.
Date: April 27, 1957
Duration: 3 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Flood Dallas]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about flooding in Dallas and Tarrant counties.
Date: April 26, 1957
Duration: 13 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Brazos still rising; federal aid ordered]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the worst flood in the state's history, with President Eisenhower declaring affected parts of Texas a disaster area and pledging federal funding to disaster relief.
Date: April 29, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: CD officials views Texas flood areas]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Natural Disaster Office arriving in Dallas to examine the extent of the flood damage to the state's public facilities.
Date: May 6, 1957
Duration: 2 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Dallas council]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about residents of Five Mile Creek presenting a petition to the Dallas city council requesting that they take action to prevent future flood damage.
Date: May 6, 1957
Duration: 3 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Richland Hills]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about ongoing flooding in Richland Hills due to repeated heavy rainfall.
Date: May 24, 1957
Duration: 54 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Richland Hills]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about severe flooding in Richland Hills and describing a Texas congressman's visit to the disaster area.
Date: May 25, 1957
Duration: 2 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Firefighters]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a meeting of the Tarrant County Volunteer Firefighters Association. The organization is planning a benefit baseball game with the Fort Worth Cats team.
Date: June 1, 1957
Duration: 2 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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