Resource Type

[News Clip: Chute shop] captions transcript

[News Clip: Chute shop]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a parachute packing and repair shop at Carswell Air Force Base. Various airmen are shown making, testing, and packing parachutes for future use.
Date: August 15, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Outdoor circus] captions transcript

[News Clip: Outdoor circus]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about the 22nd Community Circus at LaGrave air field in Fort Worth. Various acrobats are shown performing, such as Evelyn Kapps on the rope, trampoline artists Barbara Gallaher and Joe Slocum, and the acrobatic Bud Lucas troupe. There is also footage of Geneva McQuinn being crowned queen of the circus in a earlier pageant.
Date: August 15, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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.)
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.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Football] captions transcript

[News Clip: Football]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the start of football practice for the Carswell Air Force Base Bombers team. The footage shows the players receiving their equipment and running football drills.
Date: August 17, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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.)
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.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Buckley] captions transcript

[News Clip: Buckley]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the author William F. Buckley, author of "God and Man at Yale," visiting Fort Worth for an address at the Christian Culture Series. The footage shows Mr. Buckley speaking to an unnamed woman. Title from script.
Date: February 9, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Fur] captions transcript

[News Clip: Fur]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the arrival of Rosemary Sheehan, National Fashion Coordinator for the National Chinchilla Breeders of America, in Fort Worth for the Sixth Annual Chinchilla Roundup. Footage shows her arriving by plane and greeted by men on horseback, and the judging of Chinchillas. Title from script.
Date: February 9, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Two Negroes Are Held in Robbery Slaying] captions transcript

[News Clip: Two Negroes Are Held in Robbery Slaying]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about John Henry Conner and Richard Gibson, who are arrested and charged for the robbery and beating death of Bradley Miles Padgett. The footage shows the suspects being books, and acting out their crime at the scene with police on hand. Title from script.
Date: February 9, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Film Released on Atomic Reactor] captions transcript

[News Clip: Film Released on Atomic Reactor]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a converted B-36 Bomber aircraft that contains a working atomic reactor. This clip shows a plane taking off and landing.
Date: August 6, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Ground Leveled at Industrial District] captions transcript

[News Clip: Ground Leveled at Industrial District]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about ground being leveled on a thousand acre tract of land in Arlington, Texas, by the Great Southwest Corporation. The video shows two workers using machines to rid the land of trees.
Date: August 6, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Cousins Drowned in Trinity River] captions transcript

[News Clip: Cousins Drowned in Trinity River]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the drowning deaths of eighteen-year-old Mike Lathrop and his cousin, eight-year-old Carolyn Rhyan. The video shows the bodies being taken away from the river. The second half of the clip covers a news story about retired Army Captain William Cox petitioning President Eisenhower to grant clemency to a marine sergeant that was court-martialed for the deaths of six trainees.
Date: August 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Hijacker] captions transcript

[News Clip: Hijacker]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a man named David Lee Lytle who drunkenly robbed a hotel and stole a car. The video shows police searching the hijacked car and the Park Plaza Motel.
Date: August 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Stricken Girl Gets Wish -- French Poodle ; Cobras from India Make Bow at Zoo] captions transcript

[News Clip: Stricken Girl Gets Wish -- French Poodle ; Cobras from India Make Bow at Zoo]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Gayle Teague, a young girl with muscular dystrophy. She has been given a poodle by Doctor Estell White. Fort Worth's Reptile Exhibit is also shown in the video.
Date: August 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Councilman Victim of Burglary Trio] captions transcript

[News Clip: Councilman Victim of Burglary Trio]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the robbery of The Farmer's Daughter, a restaurant owned by Fort Worth City Councilman Roach. The video shows a group of men standing and talking to each other.
Date: August 8, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Widow is Named to City Council Post] captions transcript

[News Clip: Widow is Named to City Council Post]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Mrs. M. M. McKnight being being appointed to her late husband's position on the Fort Worth city council. The video shows a group of council members in discussion, as well as public opinions on the matter.
Date: August 8, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Murray is Sworn in as Park Board Head] captions transcript

[News Clip: Murray is Sworn in as Park Board Head]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about O. Gene Murray being sworn in as a member of the Fort Worth city park board.
Date: August 9, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: NAACP Hints Suit to End Segregation ; Gunsmith ; Como] captions transcript

[News Clip: NAACP Hints Suit to End Segregation ; Gunsmith ; Como]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany three news stories. The first is about the possibility of the NAACP filing suit against the Fort Worth Board of Education follow the board's decision to maintain segregation. The second is a news story about Scotty MacKenzie, an itinerant gunsmith. The last story in this clip is about Perry Como visiting the Dallas-Fort Worth area while on vacation.
Date: August 9, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: McKeon Court Martial is Called Mistake ; Marciano ; Tarrant County 4-H Club Fair Opens ; Police Identify Amnesia Victim ; Bird and Cat] captions transcript

[News Clip: McKeon Court Martial is Called Mistake ; Marciano ; Tarrant County 4-H Club Fair Opens ; Police Identify Amnesia Victim ; Bird and Cat]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany five news stories. The first is about Timothy Murphy, National Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, visiting Dallas for the organization's 37th National Encampment. He campaigns for veteran's pensions and thinks the court martial of Sergeant Matthew McKeon is a mistake. Next is a story about Rocky Marciano and his relationship to a real estate company that is developing Lake Echo. The third covers the first annual Tarrant County 4-H Club Fair and its events, and the fourth is about the Fort Worth Police Department identifying a amnesiac woman as Irma Handley. The final story is about a kitten named Punkin and a parakeet named Blue Boy.
Date: August 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Cycle race] captions transcript

[News Clip: Cycle race]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about J. H. Mangham's plans to break the 210 mile per hour speed record on his motorcycle.
Date: August 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: One Man Dead in Tavern Gun Battle] captions transcript

[News Clip: One Man Dead in Tavern Gun Battle]

Video footage from theWBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about George Strother's shooting of Clarence Dickus over an estranged wife.
Date: August 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Finnegan] captions transcript

[News Clip: Finnegan]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Joseph Finnegan of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service visiting Fort Worth.
Date: August 13, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Owner Found Slain in Package Store] captions transcript

[News Clip: Owner Found Slain in Package Store]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the owner of a package store committing suicide.
Date: August 13, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library