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[News Clip: Electrocution]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Cecil Clemons being killed while working on electrical wires in Dallas.
Date: August 22, 1951
Duration: 48 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Texas news review]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering major Texas news stories from the past week.
Date: May 6, 1951
Duration: 16 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Fire drill]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a practice drills and hose training for volunteers of the Fort Worth civilian defense auxiliary fire department.
Date: July 12, 1951
Duration: 3 minutes
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Dirt cave-in]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about two Dallas construction workers rescued after the collapse of an excavation ditch.
Date: September 28, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 29 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Trapped man]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a fatal accident in a downtown parking garage.
Date: September 13, 1951, 6:45 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Fire damage]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire causing six hundred thousand dollars worth of damage while destroying the Hopkins Building.
Date: June 5, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 02 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Female firemen]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annual Texas Firemen's Association convention, with pumping and hose competitions for men and women.
Date: June 21, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 26 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Carswell fire drill realistic]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a realistic fire drill at Carswell Air Force base that incorporated a smoke bomb.
Date: October 17, 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: Fire hose]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about pump races between firemen held at the State Fair of Texas.
Date: October 16, 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: Patients escape in hospital fire]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a fire at St. Paul's hospital in Dallas. All patients and staff managed to escape the blaze unharmed.
Date: October 24, 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: Gasoline strike]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about gasoline leaking into the basement of the Rio Grande insurance building.
Date: October 3, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 09 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Dallas fire]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a four-alarm fire that broke out at the National Shirt Shop in downtown Dallas and spreading to adjacent buildings.
Date: October 23, 1951
Duration: 41 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Fire burns box factory]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a fire burning down the Oak Cliff Box Company in Dallas.
Date: October 17, 1951
Duration: 33 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: Dallas fire]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a two-alarm apartment fire in Oak Cliff. No one was injured.
Date: November 1, 1951
Duration: 33 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Fire truck]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Dallas firemen attempting to pull a trapped horse from the mud.
Date: November 4, 1951
Duration: 31 seconds
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 station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a "Miss Flame" beauty pageant sponsored by the Oak Cliff Kiwanis club to raise awareness for a fire prevention campaign.
Date: August 24, 1951
Duration: 33 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Fire fatality]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a baby that was killed by a fire that destroyed a Fort Worth home.
Date: December 28, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 01 second
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: New fire stations]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two new fire stations opening in Fort Worth.
Date: July 6, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: News briefs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering two news stories. The first story is about a two-alarm fire destroying several buildings in Fort Worth. No one was injured in the blaze. The second story is about Fort Worth police officers removing money from confiscated slot machines and other gambling devices before destroying the machines.
Date: April 25, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Bowie fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire in downtown Bowie, destroying four businesses.
Date: September 21, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Gasoline strike]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Rio Grande insurance building dealing with gasoline leaking into their basement.
Date: October 3, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Dallas fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a two-alarm apartment fire in Oak Cliff. No one was injured.
Date: November 1, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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