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[News Script: Anti aircraft unit holds open house]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the 546th Army Anti-Aircraft Battalion at Carswell Air Force Base holding an open house in observance of the third anniversary of its assignment to Carswell.
Date: January 12, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Papworth]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about James Edward Papworth, who conspired to rob a bank at Carswell Air Force Base.
Date: September 14, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Papworth charged in robbery plot]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about James Edward Papworth confessing that he and two others were planning to rob Carswell Air Force Base bank.
Date: May 1, 1957
Duration: 5 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Nike missile]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about U.S. Army Defense Council plans to build a Nike missile installation near Mineral Wells.
Date: June 20, 1957
Duration: 2 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Baby flies to parents]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a nine-month-old infant aboard a flight from California stopping in Dallas on the way to a military base near Augusta, Georgia. The infant is to be reunited with his parents, who could not afford to transport the child themselves.
Date: December 23, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 35 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Baby flies to parents]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a nine-month-old infant aboard a flight from California stopping in Dallas on the way to a military base near Augusta, Georgia. The infant is to be reunited with his parents, who could not afford to transport the child themselves.
Date: December 23, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Carswell and RAF men]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Carswell Air Force base preparing for the annual Strategic Air Command world series of bombing, navigation, and reconnaissance.
Date: October 29, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 27 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Colonel goes before AF board]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about San Antonio Air Force Colonel, James A. Smyrl, going before the board of inquiry for spending 300 dollars on airmen going to a skating rink.
Date: September 24, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 20 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Clock tower]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a 16 year old girl who inherited a job as the clock winder atop Fort Sam Houston's tower.
Date: October 31, 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: Airplane]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a U.S. Air Force plane.
Date: November 14, 1957
Duration: 55 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Clock tower]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a 16 year old girl who inherited a job as the clock winder atop Fort Sam Houston's tower.
Date: October 31, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Carswell and RAF men]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Carswell Air Force base preparing for the annual Strategic Air Command world series of bombing, navigation, and reconnaissance.
Date: October 29, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Tank and car wreck]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a collision between a car and a National Guard tank at an intersection in Fort Worth. The tank, en route to a guard base, crushed the front of the car, injuring the driver.
Date: November 22, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 04 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Boy drowned]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Gilbert Will, a four-year old, drowning in the Trinity River near his home in Fort Worth.
Date: November 26, 1957
Duration: 34 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Airman]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Carswell airman getting into an accident on his motor scooter.
Date: November 29, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 07 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Colonel goes before AF board]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about San Antonio Air Force Colonel, James A. Smyrl, going before the board of inquiry for spending 300 dollars on airmen going to a skating rink.
Date: September 24, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Nike missiles to be based]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the army unveiling the Nike, a super sonic guided missile that will be installed in the Dallas-Fort Worth area within the next two years.
Date: April 20, 1957
Duration: 05 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Nike missiles to be based]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the army unveiling the Nike, a super sonic guided missile that will be installed in the Dallas-Fort Worth area within the next two years.
Date: April 20, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Naval air station]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Dallas Naval Air Station's annual military inspection.
Date: March 17, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Jet plane lands on highway]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a jet plane from an Air Force Base in Missouri making an emergency landing on Highway 171 northwest of Cleburne.
Date: May 8, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Papworth charged in robbery plot]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about James Edward Papworth confessing that he and two others were planning to rob Carswell Air Force Base bank.
Date: May 1, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Boy Scouts begin Carswell encampment]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a three-day training encampment for Explorer, Sea, and Air Scouts at the Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: March 9, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 05 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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