[News Script: Frogs win SW basketball title] (open access)

[News Script: Frogs win SW basketball title]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a basketball game between the University of Texas and Texas Christian University. TCU wins the game 68-50. The script goes on to describe a basketball game between Rice University and Southern Methodist University. SMU wins the game 68-64.
Date: March 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Jaycees flour Ft Worth] (open access)

[News Script: Jaycees flour Ft Worth]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fort Worth Jaycess, together with the Christian Rural Overseas Program, to gather flour to send to needy people in Korea, and the Dallas Jaycees collecting soap for people in Korea.
Date: February 3, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Soda is used to douse gas fire] (open access)

[News Script: Soda is used to douse gas fire]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about new dry chemical fire extinguishers available in Fort Worth and Dallas to fight fires in the electrical and petroleum industries.
Date: March 3, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Traffic slowed by ice, sleet] (open access)

[News Script: Traffic slowed by ice, sleet]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about sleet, snow and freezing rain slowing traffic in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.
Date: January 16, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: American Airlines Special] (open access)

[News Script: American Airlines Special]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about preparations for the opening of Greater Fort Worth International Airport.
Date: April 23, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Snowstorm whips across Texas] (open access)

[News Script: Snowstorm whips across Texas]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a blizzard briefly hitting the Fort Worth-Dallas region, with little damage reported.
Date: January 23, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dallas, Fort Worth men honored] (open access)

[News Script: Dallas, Fort Worth men honored]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas Press Club members meeting for their annual Gridiron dinner and members of the Fort Worth Exchange Club meeting for its 24th annual Golden Deeds Banquet.
Date: April 19, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Election Ft. Worth] (open access)

[News Script: Election Ft. Worth]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about elections for city council seats in Fort Worth and Dallas.
Date: April 7, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Threat of flood passes in area] (open access)

[News Script: Threat of flood passes in area]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about heavy rains throughout Texas, causing floods in some areas.
Date: May 17, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Nate Twining] (open access)

[News Script: Nate Twining]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a convention of the Aviation Writer's Association, meeting in Dallas and Fort Worth.
Date: May 24, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Flag Day FW] (open access)

[News Script: Flag Day FW]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Flag Day ceremonies in Fort Worth and Dallas.
Date: June 14, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Phone strike] (open access)

[News Script: Phone strike]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a strike of Southwestern Bell Telephone workers, with employees in cities across Texas walking off their jobs in support of higher wages.
Date: August 20, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Water] (open access)

[News Script: Water]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas and Fort Worth city officials meeting to discuss hiring a rainmaking firm to send clouds over the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Date: July 14, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Streams rise as rains continue] (open access)

[News Script: Streams rise as rains continue]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about heavy rainfall in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.
Date: May 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Girl gets pup from Roy Rogers] (open access)

[News Script: Girl gets pup from Roy Rogers]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a young Fort Worth polio victim, Pamela Tuttle, receiving a gift of a puppy from film actor Roy Rogers. Also shipped to Texas is a California sea lion, a gift to the Forrest Park Zoo in Fort Worth.
Date: June 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Liberace] (open access)

[News Script: Liberace]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two performances by noted pianist Liberace, playing concerts at the State Fair Auditorium in Dallas and another show in Fort Worth.
Date: November 6, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Government in diamond business] (open access)

[News Script: Government in diamond business]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about U.S. Marshalls auctioning jewelry belonging to a Fort Worth couple to help pay the tax debt they owe the government.
Date: December 3, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs Xmas] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs Xmas]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the First National Bank of Fort Worth holding its annual Christmas Party for children from the Lena Pope Home, the Fort Worth City police holding their Christmas parties, a police Christmas party in which "Ma" Carlton receiving a shawl and a jeweled pin from the Police Matron, and the children of George Dolan hanging their stockings on the television.
Date: December 24, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Driver charged in fatal crash] (open access)

[News Script: Driver charged in fatal crash]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering two news stories. The first story is about a Burleson farmer charged with murder in a car accident caused by his driving while intoxicated that killed a Cleburne man. The second story is about a construction worker in Dallas killed after the bridge he was driving across in a tractor suddenly collapsed.
Date: July 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Year In Review, 1953-1955] captions transcript

[News Clip: Year In Review, 1953-1955]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering news highlights from the years 1953, 1954, and 1955.
Date: 1953/1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: TCU, SMU start football drills] captions transcript

[News Clip: TCU, SMU start football drills]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: September 1, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Slide for Dalworth]

Photograph of a slide that reads "Dalworth," "Fort Worth," and "Dallas" including an illustration of the two counties. The slide is against a wall.
Date: 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Art test slides]

Photograph of a slide that reads "Art Test WBAP-TV Ft. Worth. Notice you must be 14 or over" and "Ft. Worth Dallas Art Talent Hunt! Art Instructions, Inc." The slide is taped against a wall.
Date: 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Jaycees flour Fort Worth] captions transcript

[News Clip: Jaycees flour Fort Worth]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fort Worth Jaycess, together with the Christian Rural Overseas Program, to gather flour to send to needy people in Korea, , and the Dallas Jaycees collecting soap for people in Korea.
Date: February 3, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library