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[News Clip: Hungry student]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Ewart Kyle, a junior at Texas Christian University dubbed the "Hamburger King" after consuming ten in one sitting.
Date: May 27, 1951
Duration: 2 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Review]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering major Texas news from the past week.
Date: May 27, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 04 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Military display]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a business convention held by the U.S. Armed Forces, intended to assist small industries in landing military defense contracts.
Date: June 27, 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: News briefs one]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a man injured in downtown Dallas after his car collided with a truck.
Date: June 27, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 01 second
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: River race]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a ten mile speedboat race along the Trinity River in Fort Worth.
Date: June 27, 1951
Duration: 29 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: VFW awards]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Veterans of Foreign Wars hosting an awards dinner at the conclusion of their weeklong convention in Dallas.
Date: June 27, 1951
Duration: 41 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Highway ceremony]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a ceremony on the Dallas-Rockwall County line commemorating the completion of the longest stretch of four-lane highway in Dallas.
Date: July 27, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Model planes]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a national model airplane convention at the Dallas Naval Air Station, with various flight demonstrations and competitions.
Date: July 27, 1951
Duration: 2 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: News briefs]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an overturned trailer truck on highway 183, and members of the Mexican entry in the Davis Cup Tennis Matches flying through Dallas en route to New York.
Date: July 27, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 15 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Pet show]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a children's pet show staged by the Fort Worth Recreation Department.
Date: July 27, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 18 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Water wizard]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Martha Mitchell, a Dallas airline stewardess who also competes as a champion water skiier.
Date: July 27, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 42 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Airline stewardess' change uniforms]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about airline stewardesses changing uniforms for the cooler weather.
Date: September 27, 1951
Duration: 34 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Auto accident]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a Fort Worth woman involved in a minor automobile accident refusing to go to the hospital unless paramedics allow her dog to ride with her in the ambulance.
Date: September 27, 1951
Duration: 48 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Found football uniform]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about someone finding a football uniform near Itasca.
Date: September 27, 1951
Duration: 47 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Licenses checked]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a Dallas police initiative to crack down on unlicensed drivers in the city.
Date: September 27, 1951
Duration: 1 minute
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Miss Flame]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the Miss Flame competition to recognize National Fire Prevention Week in Dallas.
Date: September 27, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 50 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: News briefs]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about women lining up to get licensed in the new profession of dental hygienists.
Date: September 27, 1951
Duration: 38 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Train-truck collision]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a collision between a train and a truck hauling gravel at a rail crossing in Dallas. The driver, William A. Robertson, suffered only minor scrapes in the accident.
Date: September 27, 1951
Duration: 51 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Drama in skies -- B-36 lands safely]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the successful emergency landing of a B-36 after the pilot discovered the landing gear would not deploy. The plane was undamaged in the landing.
Date: November 27, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Highland Park school fire]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a fire destroying Armstrong Elementary School in Highland Park.
Date: November 27, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 31 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Lion cub returned to owner]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a missing lion cub named Timba being returned to his owner, Russell Kirkpatrick.
Date: November 27, 1951
Duration: 37 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Newsbriefs]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a television set that caught fire, and picketers dressing as Santa while on strike at the Pangborn Candy Company.
Date: November 27, 1951
Duration: 51 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Opera season opens in Fort Worth]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about opera season opening with Lucia Di Lammermoor at Will Rogers Auditorium.
Date: November 27, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Wife held after man shot to death]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Fort Worth man's wife shooting him during an altercation over his alleged infidelity.
Date: November 27, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 16 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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