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[News Clip: Air Search]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a continued search for James E. Cunningham and Fred J. Verrips, two Convair employees who presumably parachuted from a B-36 bomber when a flash fire broke out in the plane. The search for the day centers around the town of Argyle, and plans are made to search Lake Dallas tomorrow.
Date: February 7, 1956
Duration: 2 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bank Robbery Being Filmed for TV Show]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a robbery being acted out at Justin State Bank for the television show "The Big Story."
Date: February 16, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 16 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bodies of Two B-36 Victims are Found]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the end of an extensive search for two Convair flight engineers, J. E. Cunningham and Fred J. Verrips. The two are presumed to have parachuted from a B-36 bomber when a flash fire broke out. The bodies of both men were found near Roanoke.
Date: February 8, 1956
Duration: 2 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Car pulled from lake -- it's empty]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a stolen car pulled from Lake Dallas after crashing through a guardrail and plunging into the water. No bodies are found.
Date: February 24, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 16 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Irma E.L. Sephas at NTSC]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Irma E.L. Sephas, the first African American student to attend North Texas State College. Footage shows Mrs. Sephas on campus. She is interviewed about her experience at the school. At the end of the film, President James Carl “J. C.” Matthews is shown seated at a desk. Video begins without sound but there is audio starting in the middle of the clip.
Date: February 9, 1956
Duration: 2 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Mammoth bones]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the discovery and excavation of a prehistoric Columbian mammoth skeleton at a ranch near Denton.
Date: February 22, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 46 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: ROTC at North Texas]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about ROTC cadets being honored at North Texas State College.
Date: February 27, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 54 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Air Search]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a continued search for James E. Cunningham and Fred J. Verrips, two Convair employees who presumably parachuted from a B-36 bomber when a flash fire broke out in the plane. The search for the day centers around the town of Argyle, and plans are made to search Lake Dallas tomorrow.
Date: February 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Bodies of Two B-36 Victims Are Found]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the end of an extensive search for two Convair flight engineers, J. E. Cunningham and Fred J. Verrips. The two are presumed to have parachuted from a B-36 bomber when a flash fire broke out. The bodies of both men were found near Roanoke
Date: February 8, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Busted cash register]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Fort Worth police officers searching for clues to lead them to burglars who stole a cash register from a Fort Worth business and left it lying on the side of the road after breaking into it and stealing the valuables within.
Date: February 2, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Car pulled from lake -- it's empty]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a stolen car pulled from Lake Dallas after crashing through a guardrail and plunging into the water. No bodies are found.
Date: February 24, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Denton shooting]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Denton chiropractor who was shot twice by her estranged husband.
Date: February 2, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Mammoth bones]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the discovery and excavation of a prehistoric Columbian mammoth skeleton at a ranch near Denton.
Date: February 22, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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