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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: 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 Script: News briefs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering four news stories. The first story is about a speech to a women's group by author James A. Michener. The second story is about a meeting discussing the activation of an ROTC unit at Texas Christian University. The third story is about a celebration of journalism and college press award ceremony, also at TCU. The fourth story is about the deadline fast approaching for the filing of income taxes for the year.
Date: March 15, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Golden gloves]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the opening night of the Golden Gloves boxing tournament in Fort Worth.
Date: February 15, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Airport progress]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about progress on construction at Greater Fort Worth International Airport between Dallas and Fort Worth.
Date: March 15, 1951, 6:45 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Symphony birthday]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Dallas Symphony Orchestra rehearsing for its final Fort Worth concert before embarking on a 13-state tour.
Date: February 15, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Twirling school]

Description: Script 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
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Horse show]

Description: Script 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
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Rodeo champs]

Description: Script 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
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Review]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering major Texas news stories from the past week, including the indictment of John William Price for sexually assaulting a Mesquite girl, a visit to Fort Hood by Army ground forces General Mark Clark, a new luxury hotel in Fort Worth, and the introduction of a special passenger bus in Dallas that converts to a large ambulance for civil defense purposes.
Date: July 15, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Plane crash]

Description: Script 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
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Sunday drivers]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about stock car racing in Fort Worth.
Date: April 15, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Automatic eatery]

Description: Script 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
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Wash day]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fort Worth police recovering wet clothes lost by someone.
Date: August 15, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: News briefs one]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an awards ceremony for Tarrant County 4-H club members, sponsored by the local Kiwanis club.
Date: November 15, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Outdoor circus]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fort Worth Recreation Department's Community Circus at LaGrave Field.
Date: August 15, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Chute shop]

Description: Script 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.
Date: August 15, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Strike]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a strike by workers at the Pangborn Candy Company in Fort Worth after a breakdown in union negotiations.
Date: November 15, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mr. Hoffman in Big Studio]

Description: Photograph of four men, including Les Hoffman (second from left), in business attire sitting around a table with an ad for Hoffman Easy Vision Television hanging behind them.
Date: April 15, 1951
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: 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: 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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