[News Clip: News briefs one] captions transcript

[News Clip: News briefs one]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering major local news stories from the past week.
Date: August 3, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: News briefs] captions transcript

[News Clip: News briefs]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering two news stories. The first story is about the completion ceremony for construction work on a new high-rise in Fort Worth. The second story is about a Dee Allbright, an American Airlines stewardess, using a potato sack as a head covering to keep cool during a heatwave.
Date: August 10, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: News briefs] captions transcript

[News Clip: News briefs]

Video footage from Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering news stories about Sammy Armato being drafted into the Marines, female pilot Ann Rambo arriving in Fort Worth from Los Angeles with a gift of oranges for the mayor, and the new concrete benches on the Tarrant county courthouse lawn.
Date: August 8, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Admiral Color TV Shots]

Photograph of three men in business attire standing in front of an Admiral color television set. Two men stand on the left and one man stands on the right. They all look at the camera and smile. A small advertisement sign rests on top of the television.
Date: August 25, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Admiral Color TV Shots]

Photograph of three men in business attire looking at a color television set. Two men stand on the left and one man stands on the right. A small advertisement sign rests on top of the television.
Date: August 25, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Mary Parker Show - Bill Camfield and Clarabell]

Photograph of The Mary Parker Show.
Date: August 27, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Clarabelle (Leonards Party)]

Photograph of a clown displaying an advertisement about Clarabell's Howdy Doody program to a group of children at Leonard's Department Store.
Date: August 25, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Football] captions transcript

[News Clip: Football]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the start of football practice for the Carswell Air Force Base Bombers team. The footage shows the players receiving their equipment and running football drills.
Date: August 17, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Chute shop] captions transcript

[News Clip: Chute shop]

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
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Outdoor circus] captions transcript

[News Clip: Outdoor circus]

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
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: German doctor] captions transcript

[News Clip: German doctor]

Video footage fromthe WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Doctor Elfriede Mueller, an educator of women in Germany, meeting with Janet Straiton and Inge Patterson in Fort Worth. The footage shows Dr. Mueller meeting with other women, and being interviewed.
Date: August 21, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ladies day powder puff derby] (open access)

[News Script: Ladies day powder puff derby]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the all-women powder puff derby air race at the Meachum Field in Fort Worth.
Date: August 16, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Boxing] captions transcript

[News Clip: Boxing]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an amateur boxing match at Lake Worth Arena in Fort Worth, between fighters John McCord and Jesse Bragg. Bragg wins the match.
Date: August 8, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Popular player] captions transcript

[News Clip: Popular player]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an award ceremony for women's softball teams in Fort Worth.
Date: August 14, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Blood mobile] captions transcript

[News Clip: Blood mobile]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a "bloodmobile" sponsored by a Fort Worth blood bank, which carries enough supplies to turn virtually any building into a site for blood donations.
Date: August 10, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Circus queen] captions transcript

[News Clip: Circus queen]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the judging of a beauty contest held by the Fort Worth Recreation Department.
Date: August 10, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Flying farmers] captions transcript

[News Clip: Flying farmers]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the National Flying Farmers convention at Meacham Field in Fort Worth.
Date: August 28, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Rain] captions transcript

[News Clip: Rain]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about rainfall and heavy wind in Fort Worth after months of drought.
Date: August 23, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Wash Day] captions transcript

[News Clip: Wash Day]

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
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Heat strike] captions transcript

[News Clip: Heat strike]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a strike by Fort Worth telephone switchboard employees due to a lack of air conditioning in telephone offices during a heat wave. The footage shows switchboard employees standing in lines outside, and images of fans blowing over ice cubes.
Date: August 16, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: News Briefs (Fire)] captions transcript

[News Clip: News Briefs (Fire)]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a story covering a news story about a fire that damaged the Wade Hotel in downtown Fort Worth. The footage shows firemen putting out the blaze, and an ambulance driving away from the scene. Title from script.
Date: August 17, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Golden girls] captions transcript

[News Clip: Golden girls]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a beauty contest at Texas League ballparks around the state, celebrating the golden anniversary of minor league baseball in America. The footage shows the ladies exiting a plane, then recieving honorary deputy sheriff papers.
Date: August 21, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Miss Texas] (open access)

[News Script: Miss Texas]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Glenda Jane Holcomb, 1951 Miss Texas award winner, arriving in Fort Worth to purchase a wardrobe before representing the state at the Miss America pageant.
Date: August 24, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Boxing] (open access)

[News Script: Boxing]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an amateur boxing match at Lake Worth Arena in Fort Worth, between fighters John McCord and Jesse Bragg. Bragg wins the match.
Date: August 8, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library