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[News Script: Doolittle to tour aircraft plants]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a visit to Fort Worth's Carswell Air Force Base by retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General James Doolittle.
Date: February 27, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Carswell receives trophy from Lemay]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about General Curtis E. Lemay visiting Carswell Air Force Base to present the base with with the Strategic Air Command's "Base of the Year" award.
Date: February 6, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Tomorrow will be safe driving day]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about efforts to promote "Safe Driving Day" at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth.
Date: November 30, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 25 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Former Convair man now Israeli official]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Fort Worth visit of a former Convair engineer, Colonel Daniel Shimshoni who has become the chief of staff of the Israeli Air Force. He also suggests the United States should supply arms to Israel.
Date: October 23, 1955
Duration: 2 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Three crewmen die in crash of B-47]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the mysterious crash of a B-47 from Biggs Air Force Base that left three men dead.
Date: November 9, 1955
Duration: 2 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: General]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the commander of the Second Air Force, Major General Frank Armstrong, arriving in Fort Worth for a meeting with the press.
Date: November 16, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 27 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Negro charged in Lovers Lane death]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about U.S. Army Sergeant Marion Andrew Washington, charged with the Waco murder of U.S. Air Force Enlisted Man Henry Poole.
Date: May 27, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Montgomery leaves for new job]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about resigned U.S. Air Force Commander John B. Montgomery leaving Fort Worth for a new job at American Airlines.
Date: June 16, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: National Guardsmen in practice alert]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a National Guard practice alert sending guardsmen nationwide to their assembly posts, including at Hensley Field in Grand Prairie and Eagle Mountain Base near Fort Worth.
Date: April 20, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: 1 dead score hurt in Texas storms]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a series of severe wind and hail storms striking across a wide area in North Texas, leaving at least one dead, several injured, and millions of dollars in property damage.
Date: April 6, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: 1 dead score hurt in Texas storms]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a series of severe wind and hail storms striking across a wide area in North Texas, leaving at least one dead, several injured, and millions of dollars in property damage.
Date: April 6, 1955
Duration: 4 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: National Guardsmen in practice alert]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a National Guard practice alert sending guardsmen nationwide to their assembly posts, including at Hensley Field in Grand Prairie and Eagle Mountain Base near Fort Worth.
Date: April 20, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Babies parade for proud parents]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Carswell Air Force Base's Beautiful Child Contest for the children of the base's personnel.
Date: May 15, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 23 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Carswell receives trophy from Lemay]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about General Curtis E. Lemay visiting Carswell Air Force Base to present the base with with the Strategic Air Command's "Base of the Year" award.
Date: February 6, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 04 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Doolittle to tour aircraft plants]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a visit to Fort Worth's Carswell Air Force Base by retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General James Doolittle.
Date: February 27, 1955
Duration: 56 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Negro charged in Lovers Lane death]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about U.S. Army Sergeant Marion Andrew Washington, charged with the Waco murder of U.S. Air Force Enlisted Man Henry Poole.
Date: May 27, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 33 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Montgomery leaves for new job]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about resigned U.S. Air Force Commander John B. Montgomery leaving Fort Worth for a new job at American Airlines.
Date: June 16, 1955
Duration: 55 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Airplane crash landing]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about two Air Force pilots, Richard D. Hayes and Richard W. Barber involved in a plane crash of a T-33 jet trainer, in Plano, Texas.
Date: July 20, 1955
Duration: 48 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: General arrives for speech]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a speech in Fort Worth by retired Major General Wallace H. Graham, the former personal physician of President Harry S. Truman.
Date: July 21, 1955
Duration: 47 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Interceptors moved to Carter Field]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about four jets belonging to the Texas Air National Guard relocating from Hensley Field in Grand Prairie to Carter Field in Fort Worth for a brief civil defense patrol tour.
Date: August 17, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 14 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: AF jets set new England to use record]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a group of U.S. Air Force jets landing at Bergstrom Air Force Base in Austin, after setting new flight time records between the Austin base and a base in England.
Date: August 17, 1955
Duration: 1 minute
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Plane]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an experimental U.S. Air Force transport plane, the XC-99, arriving at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth.
Date: July 12, 1955
Duration: 54 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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