Resource Type
Serial/Series Title
States
[News Script: Fire]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a two-alarm fire destroying three partially completed new homes in Northeast Dallas.
Date:
July 10, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cop builds model plane]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the world's largest commercial airliner sitting at Fort Worth's Amon Carter Field.
Date:
June 9, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: POWs]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Texas Prisoners of War arriving home.
Date:
August 26, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fair art show]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a preview of the State Fair of Texas exhibitions at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts.
Date:
October 9, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dallas Jaycees name Miss Flame]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Miss Flame beauty contest held in Dallas, to kick off Fire Prevention Week.
Date:
August 26, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Driverless truck]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a truck rolling down Jacksboro Highway after Bob Crosley failed to engage the brake.
Date:
August 26, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Shivers tangles with FBI chief]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a dispute between Texas Governor Allan Shivers and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover over the state or federal jurisdiction of civil liberties investigations in Texas.
Date:
August 26, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dogs]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a contest for dogs, called the State Championship Retriever Field Trials, being held in Houston.
Date:
September 15, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Demo chairman]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Democratic National Chairman Steve Mitchell arriving in Fort Worth to meet with north Texas political leaders.
Date:
June 30, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Reel]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an electric fishing reel invented by San Antonio store owner Allen Scott.
Date:
May 20, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Lions overwhelm pro grid Giants]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a charity professional football game between the New York Giants and the Detroit Lions at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, sponsoring a local camp for boys. The Lions win the game 38-7.
Date:
August 30, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ike in Texas to talk drouth]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a visit to Amarillo by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to meet with several state governors to discuss the current severe drought conditions in the Southwest.
Date:
July 10, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News brief - Unveiling]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a bronze plaque of the late R. E. Harding being unveiled at the Fort Worth National Bank.
Date:
October 6, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Crazy Kimball home again]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Reuben Kimball coming back to the United States after being a prisoner of war in Korea.
Date:
September 13, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Eagles come home]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Dallas Eagles baseball club returning home after winning the Texas League playoffs in Tulsa.
Date:
September 22, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Blaze destroys Dallas warehouse]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire in a Dallas appliance company warehouse.
Date:
June 16, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: U.T. president is inaugurated]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dr. Logan Wilson being inaugurated as president of the University of Texas, succeeding Dr. T. S. Painter.
Date:
October 29, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cops of the month news brief]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Officers R. L. Smith and C. A. Dennis being cited for their rescue of three people from an auto wreck.
Date:
October 15, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Driver dies in flaming crash]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Alan Arnold Brooks, crashing his truck into a bridge and perishing in the flaming wreckage.
Date:
October 27, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Heroes]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about telephone company workers, E. L. Kinkead and R. F. Sides, being honored for their heroism in saving the life of M. R. Campbell after a car wreck in Grayson County.
Date:
July 31, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Wainwright]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the death of U.S. Army General Jonathan M. Wainwright
Date:
September 3, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Shriners leave for convention]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Fort Worth Shriners club members traveling by train to a national convention in New York City.
Date:
July 12, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: House wives stage water ballet]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about 20 Oak Cliff women staging a Mardi Gras Water Carnival at the Oak Cliff YMCA.
Date:
May 7, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Lawmakers inspect Dallas post office]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a congressional subcommittee on post office operations inspecting the Dallas Post Office, so its particularly efficient operations can be applied in other branches.
Date:
November 11, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library