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[The Hennen Family Films, No. 2 - Christmas Holidays] captions transcript

[The Hennen Family Films, No. 2 - Christmas Holidays]

This home movie documents the Hall and Hennen families celebrating the Christmas holiday. The film begins with a Hall family Christmas gathering in Millsap. Family members socialize and pose for the camera in a front yard. Young boys wear cowboy outfits and shoot toy guns at the camera. Visible in the footage are advertisements for Coca Cola, Dr. Pepper, and a Clark Service & Grocery (00:00-01:34). Also included is footage of Seventh Street in Forth Worth shot from a moving car (01:34-01:48) and a Hennen family Christmas gathering in Sherman (01:48-03:48).
Date: 1951
Creator: Hennen, Lowell & Hennen, Belva
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Fire damage] captions transcript

[News Clip: Fire damage]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire causing six hundred thousand dollars worth of damage while destroying the Hopkins Building.
Date: June 5, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Rodeo parade] captions transcript

[News Clip: Rodeo parade]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a parade marking the third day of the Parker County Frontier Days celebration, a western-themed fair and rodeo.
Date: July 26, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Blind woodworker] captions transcript

[News Clip: Blind woodworker]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about woodworker Ray Jones crafting hand-made lamps and cedar chests while totally blind.
Date: January 3, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Youths shot in burglary attempt] captions transcript

[News Clip: Youths shot in burglary attempt]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the arrest of two youths wounded by an armed gas station owner as they attempted to rob his store.
Date: March 24, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: News Briefs - Storm] captions transcript

[News Clip: News Briefs - Storm]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a series of storms over Parker County, including destructive hail and a small tornado damaging roofs and cars in towns around the county. No one was injured in the storms.
Date: April 8, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Wright blames politics for charge] captions transcript

[News Clip: Wright blames politics for charge]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Congressional Candidate Jim Wright of Weatherford being charged with conducting a scheme for obtaining money through the mails. Wright maintained the charge was politically-motivated; his political rival claimed ignorance of the circumstances.
Date: June 30, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Parade launches Weatherford rodeo] captions transcript

[News Clip: Parade launches Weatherford rodeo]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a parade and opening ceremonies for the Parker County Sheriff's Posse Rodeo and Frontier Days Celebration, held in Weatherford.
Date: July 28, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Buckner fire] captions transcript

[News Clip: Buckner fire]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a fire at the Buckner Orphans Home east of Dallas, which caused $2500 worth of damage but no injuries. Also covered, a story about one Crandall home destroyed and two others damaged in a fire.
Date: April 7, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Parade launches Weatherford rodeo] captions transcript

[News Clip: Parade launches Weatherford rodeo]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a parade opening the annual Weatherford Frontier Days fair.
Date: July 27, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Melons] captions transcript

[News Clip: Melons]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about watermelon harvesting season in the Parker County town of Weatherford.
Date: September 7, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Weather station] captions transcript

[News Clip: Weather station]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a new office building for the Mutual Building and Loan Association in Weatherford, including a modern weather monitoring station atop the structure.
Date: October 7, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Explosion] captions transcript

[News Clip: Explosion]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an accidental gas explosion destroying a building in downtown Weatherford and damaging several other structures. No one was injured in the blast.
Date: November 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Top young farmer given purebred bull] captions transcript

[News Clip: Top young farmer given purebred bull]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a 21-year-old named the nation's top young farmer coming to Texas to get a purebred bull from a Parker county breeder.
Date: December 29, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Year In Review, 1956-1957] captions transcript

[News Clip: Year In Review, 1956-1957]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering news highlights from the years 1956 and 1957.
Date: 1956/1957-12-31
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Wright Sees Start of Weatherford Lake] captions transcript

[News Clip: Wright Sees Start of Weatherford Lake]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a groundbreaking ceremony for a new lake in Weatherford.
Date: February 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Boys launch canoe trip down Brazos] captions transcript

[News Clip: Boys launch canoe trip down Brazos]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about twelve Fort Worth boys going on a canoe trip down the Brazos River. The boys are Camp Carter campers and travel with their leader, Buddy Tackett.
Date: July 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Money] captions transcript

[News Clip: Money]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Oscar Womack, who found thirty-thousand dollars in counterfeit bills in Wise County. The counterfeit bills have been linked to Robert Keller, who may have had a role in the closing of the River Oaks State Bank.
Date: November 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Ground Breaking] captions transcript

[News Clip: Ground Breaking]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about ground-breaking ceremonies for a new power plant on the site of Lake Weatherford.
Date: December 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Peaches damaged by freeze] captions transcript

[News Clip: Peaches damaged by freeze]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a freeze sweeping North Texas and destroying crops.
Date: March 8, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Disabled vet admits stickup] captions transcript

[News Clip: Disabled vet admits stickup]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a disabled young veteran confessing to robbing a man while hitchhiking in his car.
Date: June 4, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Bigamy] captions transcript

[News Clip: Bigamy]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a woman being charged with bigamy in Weatherford.
Date: April 21, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Weatherford plane] captions transcript

[News Clip: Weatherford plane]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a military training plane crash-landing east of Weatherford, Texas.
Date: May 11, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Parade] captions transcript

[News Clip: Parade]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the 11th annual Frontier Days celebration that took place in downtown Weatherford.
Date: July 23, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library