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Scenes in Fort Worth

Description: This silent film is a compilation of a number of different scenes and appears to be news footage from an unknown news agency. In the first scene a man interviews a family in their kitchen, a small child eats while seated on the counter, and a group of young people are gathered next to what appears to be a police car or ambulance. In the second scene, men and women dressed in western or cowboy attire eat breakfast at an unknown event in Fort Worth. The story includes a close up of bacon frying,… more
Date: 1957~
Duration: 4 minutes 10 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[News Clip: Democrats]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Dallas Democrats submitting a resolution favoring integration of public schools.
Date: April 14, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 01 second
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: McDaniel retires but doesn't]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Horace Chilton McDaniel being forced to retire from the Associated Press due to his 66 years of employment and going to work for the Star-Telegram instead.
Date: April 26, 1957
Duration: 2 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Mountain climber]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Dallas Air Force member taking leave to climb a mountain in Peru.
Date: June 9, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 48 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Race car]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an Italian race car being displayed in Fort Worth.
Date: October 1, 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: George Fielding Eliot]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about George Fielding Eliot meeting with newsmen to promote a motion picture.
Date: October 10, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 53 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Cage]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an appearance by Fort Worth businessman Ben Jack Cage at a meeting of the company he formerly ran, until he was accused from embezzling from the firm. Cage says the charges against him are false and proposes a new financial strategy for the company.
Date: December 7, 1957
Duration: 4 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: More deaths to come, says chief]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Dallas' chief of police predicting more traffic deaths after a record-breaking 63 deaths in 1957.
Date: December 13, 1957
Duration: 2 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Stolen cars]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a bunch of stolen cars.
Date: November 13, 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: Strike]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Tom Thumb's butchers going on strike.
Date: November 19, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 26 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Elsa Maxwell]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about gossip columnist Elsa Maxwell coming to Dallas to publicize her book.
Date: November 20, 1957
Duration: 2 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Airline stewardesses]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about American Airlines flight attendants being flown in from Chicago to attend the new American Airlines college at Carter Field.
Date: November 21, 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: Dallas Eagles up for sale]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Dallas Eagles Baseball Club going up for sale.
Date: November 27, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 28 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Colonial National Invitation]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: 1957-05-02/1957-05-05
Duration: 10 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Clothing accessories]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about people sorting through clothing accessories.
Date: March 1, 1957
Duration: 45 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Parking tickets]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an officer giving out a parking ticket.
Date: March 1, 1957
Duration: 35 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Tennis]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a tennis match between two men.
Date: March 1, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 16 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Oil well fire]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an oil well fire near Throckmorton.
Date: March 1, 1957
Duration: 2 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: More candidates in Texas Senate race]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about John Calhoun Courtney joining the race as the 19th candidate for the Senate.
Date: March 1, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 23 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Senate candidates]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Dallas candidate for state senate, Elmer Adams.
Date: March 1, 1957
Duration: 42 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: School gets $20,000 for new microscope]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Dallas' Southwestern Medical School receiving $20,000 from the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund for a new television microscope.
Date: March 1, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 31 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Judge denies writ on beer election]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about District Judge Thornton denying a writ of mandamus which would have compelled Dallas county commissioners to call another beer election.
Date: March 1, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 07 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Attorneys hope to save Clifton's life]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the attorneys for Billy Ray Clifton shaping the youth's defense in attempts to save him from the electric chair.
Date: March 1, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 21 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Hagler in mill again]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about David Fred Hagler, freshly acquitted of murder, accusing someone of swindling him of money he put into a night club, while he was in prison.
Date: March 1, 1957
Duration: 50 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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