[News Clip: Miss Flame] captions transcript

[News Clip: Miss Flame]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a "Miss Flame" beauty pageant sponsored by the Oak Cliff Kiwanis club to raise awareness for a fire prevention campaign.
Date: August 24, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Council row] captions transcript

[News Clip: Council row]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a dispute between Dallas city council members and Mayor Adoue over the mayor attempting to dominate the council among other issues.
Date: August 22, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Cadet cruise] captions transcript

[News Clip: Cadet cruise]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival of the new Lockheed Constellation transport plane at the Dallas Naval Air Station.
Date: August 9, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Baseball] captions transcript

[News Clip: Baseball]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the baseball game between the Dallas Eagles and the Oklahoma City Indians.
Date: August 30, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Penguin] captions transcript

[News Clip: Penguin]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Marsalis Park zoo bringing in new penguins despite others dying from the heat.
Date: August 30, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Snake hunting hobby of curator] captions transcript

[News Clip: Snake hunting hobby of curator]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Lawrence Curtis, reptile curator for the Dallas Fair Park Aquarium, hunting for snakes in Dallas.
Date: August 21, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Gossett honored] captions transcript

[News Clip: Gossett honored]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about a dinner to honor Congressman Ed Gossett on his retirement in Denton after twelve years of representing Texas' 13th congressional district. The footage features a good portion of Representative Gossett's speech with sound.
Date: August 15, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Official feud] captions transcript

[News Clip: Official feud]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about tension in the Dallas County Court after an office fistfight between County Commissioner John Rowland and County Judge Lew Sterrett over road and bridge programs.
Date: August 16, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Little girl] captions transcript

[News Clip: Little girl]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story.
Date: August 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Football Giants] captions transcript

[News Clip: Football Giants]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a story about the New York Giants playing an exhibition football game in Dallas. The footage shows several plays during practice and features Tom Landry punting the ball.
Date: August 21, 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: Ladies day] captions transcript

[News Clip: Ladies day]

Video footage from from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Powder Puff Derby, an annual all-female air race. The 1951 race began in Santa Ana, California and the entrants raced to Detroit, Michigan. This clip shows the racers making a mandatory stop at Meachum Field in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: August 16, 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 Clip: New State Fair Building] captions transcript

[News Clip: New State Fair Building]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about construction starting on a new livestock building for the State Fair. The footage shows the buildings installing giant wooden beams.
Date: August 15, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Penguin] (open access)

[News Script: Penguin]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Marsalis Park zoo bringing in new penguins despite others dying from the heat.
Date: August 30, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Miniature train] (open access)

[News Script: Miniature train]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Brick Harris and Joe Sebestik, the railroad men running Kiddie Town at the State Fair.
Date: August 30, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Minute women] (open access)

[News Script: Minute women]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Suzanne Silvercruys Stevenson, national chairman of Minute Women, visiting Dallas.
Date: August 1, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Skeet shoot] (open access)

[News Script: Skeet shoot]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the National Skeet Shoot at the Dallas Gun Club.
Date: August 8, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Noble slain] (open access)

[News Script: Noble slain]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a mail box bomb that killed a Dallas man.
Date: August 7, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs]

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: Script
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: Football] (open access)

[News Script: Football]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Dallas Cotton Bowl professional football game between the Detroit Lions and the New York Giants. The Lions win the game 31-21.
Date: August 26, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library