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[News Script: B-58]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Fort Worth's Convair plant being featured on NBC's Wide, Wide World and exhibiting the Air Force's new supersonic B-58 bomber on the show.
Date: February 3, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Jet plane crash]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a F9F Cougar Jet crashing northwest of Grand Prairie. The pilot, who parachuted from the plane, received only minor injuries.
Date: September 19, 1957
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 stories of the past week, including a housefire in Dallas that left one sleeping man dead, a collision between two Air Force jets over Lake Whitney that ended in a crash killing one pilot, the collapse of a ceiling at a Dallas cafe with no one injured, the arrest of an escaped convict at a Dallas tavern, an investigation of bribery between a Dallas insurance executive and a state insurance investigator, and the on… more
Date: December 21, 1957
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 Clip: The week in review]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story of the week's most notable news stories.
Date: July 20, 1957
Duration: 4 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Jet crashes in field]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an Air Force jet crashing in a Fort Worth field. None of the plane's occupants were harmed.
Date: May 16, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Jets]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the christening ceremony and first flight of the F8U-1 Crusader fighter jet from the Chance-Vought aircraft plant in Grand Prairie.
Date: March 25, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: B-58 rides to Dayton Ohio]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a B 58 bomber being flown from Fort Worth's Convair plant to the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
Date: March 12, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Hensley named air race stopover]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Hensley Field in Grand Prairie being named as a refueling stop in the Ricks Trophy Race by the Air National Guard.
Date: March 19, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Bell Helicopter]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the test flights of two custom Bell helicopters ordered for President Eisenhower.
Date: March 18, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Plane crash]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the death of a Chance Vought Aircraft Company test pilot after his experimental U.S. Navy fighter jet exploded in midair over Grand Prairie.
Date: June 7, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Gremco trailer]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Fort Worth firm building flight operations trailers for the U.S. Navy, to be used for simulated training exercises.
Date: June 14, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: B-58 rides to Dayton Ohio]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a B 58 bomber being flown from Fort Worth's Convair plant to the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
Date: March 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: Jet noises both city councilmen]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about noise complaints about Carswell Air Force Base's jets in Fort Worth.
Date: March 13, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 05 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bell Helicopter]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the test flights of two custom Bell helicopters ordered for President Eisenhower.
Date: March 18, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 11 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Hensley named air race stopover]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Hensley Field in Grand Prairie being named as a refueling stop in the Ricks Trophy Race by the Air National Guard.
Date: March 19, 1957
Duration: 46 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Jets]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the christening ceremony and first flight of the F8U-1 Crusader fighter jet from the Chance-Vought aircraft plant in Grand Prairie.
Date: March 25, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 11 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Jet crashes in field]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an Air Force jet crashing in a Fort Worth field. None of the plane's occupants were harmed.
Date: May 16, 1957
Duration: 54 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Carswell show]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an open house at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth.
Date: May 18, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 39 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Gremco trailer]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Fort Worth firm building flight operations trailers for the U.S. Navy, to be used for simulated training exercises.
Date: June 14, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 23 seconds
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 a coast-to-coast flight by U.S. Navy F8U-1 Crusader fighter jet. The aircraft is refueled by an aerial tanker plane over the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Date: June 6, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 06 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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