Following the 1960 presidential election, a special election was held to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by then Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. This telecast from May 1961 promotes the candidacy of Jim Wright, who was then serving in the United States House of Representatives from Texas’ 12th congressional district. The election drew a field of 71 potential candidates, with Republican John G. Tower narrowly defeating interim appointee and Democrat William Blakely in a runoff election. (As a result, Tower became the first Republican senator from Texas since Reconstruction.) Wright finished in third place.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a beauty contest in North Texas focused on women's legs.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a kidnapped three-year-old from Kentucky being reunited with her father.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an African-American man, Jackson Davis, suing Dallas county sheriff Bill Decker, two of his deputies, and a Dallas County cotton broker for allegedly stealing money from him and wrongfully imprisoning him.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Corsicana man fighting in court for the right to keep a large sum of money he discovered under a Dallas home while digging a ditch.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering news highlights from the year 1959.

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.