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[News Clip: Chute shop]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a parachute packing and repair shop at Carswell Air Force Base. Various airmen are shown making, testing, and packing parachutes for future use.
Date: August 15, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 46 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Outdoor circus]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about the 22nd Community Circus at LaGrave air field in Fort Worth. Various acrobats are shown performing, such as Evelyn Kapps on the rope, trampoline artists Barbara Gallaher and Joe Slocum, and the acrobatic Bud Lucas troupe. There is also footage of Geneva McQuinn being crowned queen of the circus in a earlier pageant.
Date: August 15, 1951
Duration: 3 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Fish tales]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Paul Blackwell catching some large kingfish. The footage shows him describing to his friends Walter Glaze, Russell Young, and Paul Longley, how big the fish he caught were. He then proceeds to show them the fish.
Date: August 15, 1951
Duration: 39 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Gossett honored]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about a dinner to honor Congressman Ed Gossett on his retirement in Denton after twelve years of representing Texas' 13th congressional district. The footage features a good portion of Representative Gossett's speech with sound.
Date: August 15, 1951
Duration: 2 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Wash Day]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fort Worth police recovering wet clothes lost by someone. The footage shows traffic officer L. W. Spinks bringing lost clothes to the property room where property room officer McClanahan hangs them to dry and even irons them.
Date: August 15, 1951
Duration: 36 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: New State Fair Building]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about construction starting on a new livestock building for the State Fair. The footage shows the buildings installing giant wooden beams.
Date: August 15, 1951
Duration: 44 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Automatic eatery]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the opening of an automatic cafe in Fort Worth that serves its dishes via conveyor belt.
Date: June 15, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 19 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 he WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a ground breaking for the new Forest Avenue Bridge in Dallas.
Date: June 15, 1951
Duration: 32 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Horse show]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Dallas Charity Horse Show at Fair Park put on to benefit the Texas Lions League for crippled children.
Date: June 15, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 32 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: MacArthur Booster]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about General MacArthur coming to Dallas.
Date: June 15, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 07 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Twirling school]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a summer baton twirling class at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.
Date: June 15, 1951
Duration: 2 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Men of steel]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the construction of a 20-story addition to the Adolphus Hotel tower in downtown Dallas.
Date: June 15, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 20 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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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.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Mothers' Day]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a special Mother's Day tribute by the drill team at Arlington State College.
Date: May 15, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 11 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Plane crash]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a small plane stalling and crashing into a field near Fort Worth. The pilot and one young passenger were killed.
Date: May 15, 1951
Duration: 57 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Economic warning]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an annual convention of bankers in Dallas. This year's main topic of discussion is the threat of war on the health of the economy.
Date: May 15, 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: Rodeo champs]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the results of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo in Fort Worth.
Date: May 15, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 35 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Horse show]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a horse hunter and jumper show in Fort Worth.
Date: May 15, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 07 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 four news stories. The first story is about a Wichita Falls woman suffering injuries after her car fell from a road atop the Eagle Mountain Lake Dam. The second story is about a man injured after crashing his car into two other parked vehicles. The third story is about a visit to the Amon Carter YMCA camp by a YMCA official from the Philippines. The fourth story is about a Dallas woman purchasing a prize cat from England.
Date: May 15, 1951
Duration: 2 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Lincoln sapphire show at Dallas]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a gem display at a Dallas Neiman-Marcus store, including an impression of President Abraham Lincoln carved into the largest sapphire ever found at the time.
Date: November 15, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 39 seconds
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 to accompany a news story about an awards ceremony for Tarrant County 4-H club members, sponsored by the local Kiwanis club.
Date: November 15, 1951
Duration: 55 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 a strike by workers at the Pangborn Candy Company after a breakdown in union negotiations.
Date: November 15, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 14 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Ousted schoolman]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Willard Goslin being ousted from his Pasadena, California school executive job because of his progressive views on education.
Date: November 15, 1951
Duration: 40 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Korean war vets from twelve nations]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a visit to Dallas by 23 Korean War veterans representing the member countries of the United Nations.
Date: November 15, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 42 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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