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[News Script: Press agent story]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the promotion of the motion picture "The King and Four Queens" at the Majestic Theater in Dallas.
Date: January 10, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Theater fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Downs Drive-In Theater being damaged by a wind-swept blaze while patrons were watching a film.
Date: January 10, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: News briefs - Heston]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about actor Charlton Heston stopping in Dallas en route to the West Coast from New Orleans, where he attended the opening of "The Ten Commandments."
Date: February 1, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Movie mogul arrives in Dallas]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about veteran Hollywood producer-director Cecil B. DeMille arriving in Dallas to speak before the Dallas Council of World Affairs as well as to promote his latest motion picture, "The Ten Commandments."
Date: February 12, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: George Fielding Eliot]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about George Fielding Eliot meeting with newsmen to promote a motion picture.
Date: October 10, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 53 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Producer tells of missing Oscar winner]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about producer, Herman King, stopping in Dallas to promote one of his upcoming films.
Date: April 22, 1957
Duration: 57 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Miss Universe]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the 1957 Miss Universe, Carol LaVerne Morris, modeling bathing suits at a Dallas department store.
Date: April 25, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 22 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Actors]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about actors Charles Laughton, Eli Wallach, Cornelia Otis Skinner, and Burgess Meredith visiting Dallas to kick off a fundraising drive to build the Kalita Humphreys Theater, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Date: April 29, 1957
Duration: 43 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: The week in review]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering the major news of the past week, including a gas explosion that blew apart a house in North Dallas and injured two women, a district judge ruling against a new garbage pickup schedule proposal by the City of Dallas, a visit to Texas by actress Kathy Grant, new wife of Bing Crosby, the sale of a decommissioned bridge over Lake Dallas on an unused stretch of State Highway 24, the announcement of a new president of the Fort Worth C… more
Date: November 9, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Nigh watchman beaten]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a surprise attack on a night watchman at a drive-in movie theater, which was then robbed.
Date: December 20, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 32 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Signe Hasso]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Swedish movie star, Signe Hasso, arriving in Dallas.
Date: October 7, 1957
Duration: 52 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Stars appear]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an appearance by several film actors at a Fort Worth movie theater to promote a new release.
Date: November 10, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 48 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Blondie]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Actress Penny Singleton, famous for her role in the movie "Blondie," visiting Dallas for an SPCA fundraiser.
Date: November 30, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Stars appear]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an appearance by several film actors at a Fort Worth movie theater to promote a new release.
Date: November 10, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Nightwatchman beaten]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a surprise attack on a night watchman at a drive-in movie theater, which was then robbed.
Date: December 20, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Blondie]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Actress Penny Singleton, famous for her role in the movie "Blondie," visiting Dallas for an SPCA fundraiser.
Date: November 30, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bones]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Fort Worth fund drive for a Mickey Chapman, a Lubbock boy with the brittle-bone disorder Osteogenesis Imperfecta.
Date: December 15, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 27 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Signe Hasso]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Swedish movie star, Signe Hasso, arriving in Dallas.
Date: October 7, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Jayne back for visit]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about actress Jayne Mansfield returning home to Dallas for a brief visit before heading to the west coast to promote her work.
Date: August 12, 1957
Duration: 45 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Jayne Mansfield]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about actress, Jayne Mansfield, and her daughter arriving in Dallas to be present for the unveiling of a new Temco plane in Grand Prairie.
Date: July 12, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 35 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Mansfield divorced from famous wife]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Dallas' Paul J. Mansfield getting divorced from his wife, actress Jayne Mansfield.
Date: March 15, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 01 second
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bowling]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the American Bowling Congress's 54th annual tournament at the Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum in Fort Worth.
Date: April 10, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 55 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Oak Cliff man held in lewd film case]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Wyman Hulen Parr being freed on bond in connection with lewd movie indictments.
Date: April 12, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 27 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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