Resource Type

[News Script: Home Front] (open access)

[News Script: Home Front]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story about Anna Rosenberg being appointed to the highest job held by a woman at the Pentagon as the assistant Defense Secretary.
Date: November 19, 1950
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering two news stories about Community Chest president R. G. McCord, announcing that R. J. "Dick" Price will head the Chest Campaign, and Charles John Woods being pointed out as the man who staged three armed robberies in Oak Cliff.
Date: January 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Price official] (open access)

[News Script: Price official]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Tom Rayburn being named regional director of the price and wage control program.
Date: January 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Radio courier] (open access)

[News Script: Radio courier]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Stanley C. Baker, a Fort Worth ham radio operator, relaying messages from servicemen stationed in Japan to their loved ones back home.
Date: January 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Rate hike] (open access)

[News Script: Rate hike]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Dallas Power and Light Company President, George McGregor, going before the Dallas City Council to defend the eleven percent increase in rates.
Date: January 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Super bed] (open access)

[News Script: Super bed]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a high-tech bed, called the Acousticot on display at a Dallas department store. The bed is soundproofed on each side, with its own lights, telephone, radio, television, fire sprinkler system, air conditioner, heated blankets, perfume dispenser, slot machine, and electric massager.
Date: January 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Convair birthday] (open access)

[News Script: Convair birthday]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the celebration of the 10th anniversary of military bomber manufacturing at the Convair aircraft plant in Fort Worth.
Date: April 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Escape attempt] (open access)

[News Script: Escape attempt]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an unsuccessful escape attempt from a Dallas jail by convicted murderer Robert Johnson.
Date: April 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Legal center] (open access)

[News Script: Legal center]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the dedication ceremonies for a new legal building at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
Date: April 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News on TV] (open access)

[News Script: News on TV]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Donald G. Fink, editor-in-chief of Electronics Magazine, arriving in Dallas for the International Radio Engineers Conference.
Date: April 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Petroleum-Electronics convention] (open access)

[News Script: Petroleum-Electronics convention]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the technologies on display at the Petroleum-Electronics convention in Dallas.
Date: April 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Chute drop] (open access)

[News Script: Chute drop]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about members of the 443rd Troop Carrier Wing of the 18th Air Force at Hensley Field preparing for a practice supply-drop mission.
Date: June 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Gambling hearing] (open access)

[News Script: Gambling hearing]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about proceedings in a Tarrant County District Court hearing for 15 people indicted on charges of operating or working in illegal gambling establishments.
Date: June 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Guard review] (open access)

[News Script: Guard review]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Texan National Guard division undergoing intensive summer training at Camp Polk in Louisiana.
Date: June 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs one] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs one]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a national chief of civil engineers inspecting Tarrant County's various flood control projects, including Grapevine Dam.
Date: June 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Storm damage] (open access)

[News Script: Storm damage]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about damage caused by storms and high winds in Saxy.
Date: June 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: F.F.A. champ] (open access)

[News Script: F.F.A. champ]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Cleburne high school student, Garland Leon Caroll, awarded top honors at the state Future Farmers of America convention for his agricultural projects.
Date: July 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Happy birthday] (open access)

[News Script: Happy birthday]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Nancy Voss, a young Wichita Falls girl suffering from cancer, receiving a birthday trip to her old hometown in Fort Worth as a gift from three radio stations. Voss visits old schoolmates and the Fort Worth Zoo before a birthday dinner at a resort hotel with her friends.
Date: July 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Korean report] (open access)

[News Script: Korean report]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about reporter Frank King returning from Korea to Dallas.
Date: July 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering three news stories. The first story is about a beauty contest among female employees of the Convair aircraft plant in Fort Worth, with the winner receiving a vacation to Milwaukee. The second story is about actor Jack Carson receiving a panama hat as a gift for his performance in a musical at the Dallas State Fair. The third story is about a Fort Worth clothing drive for victims of severe flooding in Missouri and Kansas.
Date: July 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Women racing in stock cars] (open access)

[News Script: Women racing in stock cars]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about women racing in stock cars at the fair park speedway in Dallas.
Date: August 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: American Airline Twin Stewardess'] (open access)

[News Script: American Airline Twin Stewardess']

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Marion and Marilyn Barker, twin stewardesses for American Airlines.
Date: September 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bank robbery suspect returns] (open access)

[News Script: Bank robbery suspect returns]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Pete Vardis being taken to the Tarrant county jail after he robbed a bank in Boyd, Texas.
Date: September 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cotton picking system] (open access)

[News Script: Cotton picking system]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Ellis County farmer Marvin Borders discovering a way to more successfully utilize machines to pick cotton.
Date: September 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library