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[News Clip: Expressway opening Tex news]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the expressway between McKinney and Dallas opening.
Date: October 2, 1958
Duration: 1 minute 21 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Cancer research]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a possible breakthrough in cancer treatments at the Veterans Hospital in McKinney.
Date: March 16, 1958
Duration: 3 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Crash]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a small airplane crash that left the pilot dead near Plano.
Date: September 1, 1957
Duration: 54 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Wylie Water Plant]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a meeting regarding water plant in Wylie.
Date: April 23, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Airplane crash landing]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about two Air Force pilots, Richard D. Hayes and Richard W. Barber involved in a plane crash of a T-33 jet trainer, in Plano, Texas.
Date: July 20, 1955
Duration: 48 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Renner]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Texas Research Foundation at Renner hosting a farm research open house.
Date: May 18, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 06 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: McKinney blaze razes four homes]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a fire in McKinney that destroyed four houses and damaged two others. Also covered, a three-alarm fire in Dallas that damaged a two-story house in Dallas.
Date: August 19, 1954
Duration: 2 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Storm]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a series of tornadoes striking towns across Texas, doing severe building damage but only killing one.
Date: March 25, 1954
Duration: 3 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Lavon Dam]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the dedication of the Lavon Dam in Collin County.
Date: October 28, 1953
Duration: 2 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Amateur circus closes career]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the final performance of the Gainesville community circus in Plano after 25 successful seasons.
Date: October 8, 1954
Duration: 2 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Shoemake]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about A. B. Shoemake being transferred to the Veterans Hospital in McKinney. On January 7th, he shot himself in the head during a probe of his defunct U. S. Trust and Guaranty Company.
Date: February 1, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 13 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: First Jet Ace back from Korea]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Major James A. Jabara returning home to his family in McKinney from Korea.
Date: July 23, 1953
Duration: 2 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Research foundation awards]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an agricultural open house at the Texas Research Foundation in Renner, with awards presented for research in modern farming science.
Date: May 21, 1953
Duration: 2 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Jet Ace]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story covering a news story about a McKinney celebration honoring Colonel Royal Baker, the top jet ace in the U.S. Air Force who shot down 12 planes in the Korean War.
Date: April 9, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Lavon dam work near completion]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Army engineers nearing the end of construction on the Lavon Dam on the Trinity River, intended to provide water to nearby communities and create a lake for recreation.
Date: November 14, 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: Farm awards]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an annual farming festival and award ceremony held by the Texas Research Foundation, a rural improvement organization, in Renner. The awards are presented to Dr. C. E. Marshall, an English chemist, for fertilizer research discoveries; and Russell N. Cash, a Texas farmer pioneering scientific agricultural techniques using his own crops.
Date: May 17, 1951
Duration: 2 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Jet ace honored]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about McKinney, Texas paying tribute to Air Force Captain James Jabara.
Date: June 20, 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: Wind damages McKinney area]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a tornado touching down in the south and east of McKinney and caused damage at Lovejoy School.
Date: April 28, 1958
Duration: 1 minute 21 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Fatalities]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a two car collision that killed four teenagers and seriously injured three. The teenagers were drag racing when they suddenly lost control of their cars.
Date: April 4, 1958
Duration: 1 minute 16 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Man and woman standing in front of a store display at Lander Mercantile 1 of 2]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified man and woman holding a box of Cook Book Cakes Donuts in front of a Cook Book Cakes display. The woman is wearing clear, square glasses and a black, sleeveless, button front dress belted over a white, printed collared shirt . The man has his left arm behind his back and is wearing a light colored button up with the sleeves rolled up and has a pocket protector with pens in his front pocket. In the middle of the display is a sign that reads "Lander Mercantile New Hop… more
Date: November 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Man and woman standing in front of a store display at Lander Mercantile 2 of 2]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified, laughing man and a smiling woman holding a box of Cook Book Cakes Donuts in front of a Cook Book Cakes display. The woman is wearing clear, square glasses and a black, sleeveless, button front dress belted over a white, printed collared shirt . The man has his left arm behind his back and is wearing a light colored button up with the sleeves rolled up and has a pocket protector with pens in his front pocket. In the middle of the display is a sign that reads "Lande… more
Date: November 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: New Mesquite storm]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about New Mesquite in Collin county being ravaged by a tornado.
Date: October 4, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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