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[News Clip: Bank Robbery Being Filmed for TV Show] captions transcript

[News Clip: Bank Robbery Being Filmed for TV Show]

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
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Irma E.L. Sephas at NTSC] captions transcript

[News Clip: Irma E.L. Sephas at NTSC]

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
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Air Search] captions transcript

[News Clip: Air Search]

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
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Bodies of Two B-36 Victims are Found] captions transcript

[News Clip: Bodies of Two B-36 Victims are Found]

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
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library