[News Script: Weather] (open access)

[News Script: Weather]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about severe storms and tornadoes in Fort Worth, Boyd, and Eagle Mountain Lake and the damage throughout those areas.
Date: August 30, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Gas Wells] (open access)

[News Script: Gas Wells]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about oil drilling near Bridgeport at a location called "Morris-Gill Number One."
Date: September 16, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Old Folks] (open access)

[News Script: Old Folks]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a few elderly people visiting Decatur for the Wise County Centennial. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ross and Mr. and Mrs. Dale Sedgewick visit the festival.
Date: October 3, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fort Worth water] (open access)

[News Script: Fort Worth water]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the drought affecting Texas in spite of heavy rains.
Date: May 3, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: College to Expand After Forty Years] (open access)

[News Script: College to Expand After Forty Years]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Decatur Baptist College, which holds a ground-breaking ceremony for the new Killian Library.
Date: January 24, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Tip sends officers to grave--of dog] (open access)

[News Script: Tip sends officers to grave--of dog]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two small caskets buried near Newark. Officers believe the caskets may hold the bodies of aborted babies, but they hold the bodies of dead dogs instead.
Date: January 27, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Aerial Photograph of Denton County, DJR-2P-143]

Aerial photograph of an area of land in Denton County, Texas surveyed by the Texas Highway Department with handwritten notes of numbers, county line indicator, and roads. Major roads include: US-287.
Date: September 17, 1958
Creator: Texas. Highway Department. Planning Survey Division.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Blacksmith at shop]

Photograph of two men crouching on the ground and working with equipment. They are both wearing hats, shirts, and overalls. There are buildings and trees in the background.
Date: August 20, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of blacksmith at shop]

Photograph of a man working with a leaf vacuum truck loader. He is wearing a hat, a shirt, and an overall. There are vehicles and trees in the background.
Date: August 20, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Modern Metal Shop

Photograph of two men building hay feeders for livestock. There are vehicles, houses, trees, and utility poles in the background.
Date: August 20, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Blacksmith at shop welding metal]

Photograph of a blacksmith crouching on the ground in a welding mask and welding metal in a workshop. He is wearing a light-colored shirt, pants, socks, shoes, and gloves. In the background, there are pieces of machinery and tools.
Date: August 20, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Old Time Blacksmith at Shop]

Photograph of Old Time Blacksmith Shop in Rhome, Texas. There is a light-colored building in the back. There are two automobiles parked in front of the building. Trees and utility poles can be seen in the image.
Date: August 20, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Modern Metal Shop]

Photograph of a man in a welding mask and welding a hay feeder for livestock. He is wearing a hat, a shirt, gloves, and overall. He has one hand on his hips. There is a door visible in the background.
Date: August 20, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of four men in a blacksmith shop]

Photograph of four men inside a blacksmith building. Three men are seated on chairs and one man is crouching on the ground. One of the men is holding an object in his hands. They appear to be in a conversation. In the background, there are pieces of machinery and tools.
Date: August 20, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Girl charged in mystery slaying] (open access)

[News Script: Girl charged in mystery slaying]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a young woman charged in Decatur with two mysterious murders of unknown motive.
Date: July 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Dallas Weather, Lodge, Weather] captions transcript

[News Clip: Dallas Weather, Lodge, Weather]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a severe storm in Dallas and the damage sustained in Richardson and South Oak Cliff, severe storms and tornadoes in Fort Worth, Boyd, and Eagle Mountain Lake and the damage throughout those areas. The video also includes a news story about Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., and his address before the American Bar Association in Dallas.
Date: August 30, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Angus bull is sold for record figure] (open access)

[News Script: Angus bull is sold for record figure]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a champion bull at a farm in Decatur selling for a record price of $100,000.
Date: February 1, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Year in review 1958] captions transcript

[News Clip: Year in review 1958]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering news highlights from the year 1958.
Date: 1958-03-27/1958-12-31
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Drowning] captions transcript

[News Clip: Drowning]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about two people drowning in Lake Bridgeport, near Jacksboro, after their boat capsized in a windstorm.
Date: March 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Plane collision] captions transcript

[News Clip: Plane collision]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a mid-air collision of two military planes that left 17 dead.
Date: March 27, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Boyd badmen] captions transcript

[News Clip: Boyd badmen]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a gun battle in Boyd between police and criminals.
Date: August 14, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Airman charged in Rhome bank robbery] captions transcript

[News Clip: Airman charged in Rhome bank robbery]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the arrest of young airman William Coy Burk after a bank robbery in the town of Rhome. Burk confesses to committing the crime, saying the stolen money was intended as a gift for a crippled boy.
Date: October 30, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Crash postmortem] captions transcript

[News Clip: Crash postmortem]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about investigations into a military plane crash that left 17 dead in Wise County.
Date: March 28, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: "Foreward Fort Worth" committee in Dallas] captions transcript

[News Clip: "Foreward Fort Worth" committee in Dallas]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a mid-air collision of two military planes that left 17 dead.
Date: March 27, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library