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[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: Fish tales] captions transcript

[News Clip: Fish tales]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Paul Blackwell catching some large kingfish. The footage shows him describing to his friends Walter Glaze, Russell Young, and Paul Longley, how big the fish he caught were. He then proceeds to show them the fish.
Date: August 15, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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.)
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: 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.)
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.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Cool job] captions transcript

[News Clip: Cool job]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Ernest Burden, a Fort Worth man who runs an ice cream factory, enjoying recent hot weather.
Date: August 17, 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 (Boy Essay Winner)] captions transcript

[News Clip: News Briefs (Boy Essay Winner)]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a story covering a news story about Charles Young winning a trip to New York City by writing an essay about the importance of baseball. Title from script.
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: Farewells] captions transcript

[News Clip: Farewells]

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.)
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.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Travel stop] captions transcript

[News Clip: Travel stop]

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.)
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.)
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: 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.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Yell school] captions transcript

[News Clip: Yell school]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a "yell school" for female cheerleaders at Southern Methodist University. The footage shows feats including pyramids, rolling, and various attempts at balancing.
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: Candy] captions transcript

[News Clip: Candy]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the trial of stripper Candy Barr in Dallas. Barr is charged with shooting and wounding her estranged husband, Troy Phillips. The footage shows her and her lawyer in Judge Byrd's court. 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: Land Suit] captions transcript

[News Clip: Land Suit]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the continued lawsuit between Milton L. Stern and William Zeckendorf Sr. over a land development near Arlington. The footage is taken from the courtroom. 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