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[News Script: Coke bottles]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Coca Cola truck that spilled twenty cases of soda when it hit a bump at an intersection in Dallas. Volunteers helped the driver, O. K. Harrison, clean up the mess.
Date: July 11, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Toys]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about toys collected by Fort Worth Boy Scouts. The toys are broken, but they will be repaired by volunteer Convair employees.
Date: November 1, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 23 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: News Briefs - Veterans Day]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about local approval for President Eisenhower's proclamation that Victory over Japan Day, Victory in Europe Day, Armistice Day, and Pearl Harbor Day be combined into a single observed holiday: Veteran's Day.
Date: November 7, 1956
Duration: 20 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Grass fire]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about firefighters from Duncanville and Grand Prairie working to put out a grass fire near Florence Hill.
Date: September 19, 1956
Duration: 42 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Coke bottles]

Description: Video footage from the the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Coca Cola truck that spilled twenty cases of soda when it hit a bump at an intersection in Dallas. Volunteers helped the driver, O. K. Harrison, clean up the mess.
Date: July 11, 1956
Duration: 48 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Missing man found dead after search]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Tarrant County Volunteer Fire Fighters finding the body of Julian Lee Christian in the Trinity River, a victim of suicide.
Date: March 27, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 13 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Owner will Rebuild Super Market]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire which destroyed Buddy's Super Market in Haltom City. The owner plans to rebuild the store.
Date: January 8, 1956
Duration: 2 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Air Search]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a continued search for James E. Cunningham and Fred J. Verrips, two Convair employees who presumably parachuted from a B-36 bomber when a flash fire broke out in the plane. The search for the day centers around the town of Argyle, and plans are made to search Lake Dallas tomorrow.
Date: February 7, 1956
Duration: 2 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Mobile Unit Shown by Fire Fighters]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a celebration of the Sansom Park Volunteer Fire Department, where more than twenty-five Tarrant County fire-fighting units take part.
Date: February 26, 1956
Duration: 2 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Drowning]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the drowning death of Johnny Joel Jeans while at a swimming part near Pelican Island. The body was recovered after a four-hour search 150 yards from shore.
Date: June 24, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Vaccine]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about students from Adamson High School of Dallas volunteering to get Polio shots after receiving permission from parents.
Date: December 14, 1956
Duration: 29 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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