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[News Clip: News briefs]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering two news stories. The first story is about the completion ceremony for construction work on a new high-rise in Fort Worth. The second story is about a Dee Allbright, an American Airlines stewardess, using a potato sack as a head covering to keep cool during a heatwave.
Date: August 10, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 43 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Jaycee home]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the first meeting of the Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce in the organization's new headquarters in Grand Prairie.
Date: May 8, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Mill on wheels]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a movable planing mill being put into operation in Dallas.
Date: May 31, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 57 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Dam blast]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the dynamiting of a dam on the Colorado River in Marble Falls to create a lake.
Date: July 31, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Giraffe house]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the construction of a giraffe enclosure at the Forest Park Zoo in Fort Worth.
Date: July 4, 1951
Duration: 57 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Highway ceremony]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a ceremony on the Dallas-Rockwall County line commemorating the completion of the longest stretch of four-lane highway in Dallas.
Date: July 27, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bond election]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about an upcoming vote on a major city improvements bond.
Date: September 9, 1951
Duration: 3 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Dirt cave-in]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about two Dallas construction workers rescued after the collapse of an excavation ditch.
Date: September 28, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 29 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: News briefs]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering four news stories. The first story is about a retirement party at Braniff International Airways for the company's oldest employee, T.J. "Dad" Allen. The second story is about auditions for a beauty pageant hosted by the Fort Worth-Dallas Press Photographer's Association. The third story is about a citizenship award presented to Dallas veterinarian Dr. Richard A. Self by the Oak Cliff Lions Club. The fourth story is about a re… more
Date: May 31, 1951
Duration: 3 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Power titan]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Texas Electric Service Company building a new, 80 thousand kilowatt addition to it's North Main plant in Fort Worth.
Date: June 22, 1951
Duration: 2 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Moving large parts into Seaholm Power Plant]

Description: Photograph of men moving a large piece of machinery into Seaholm Power Plant near Town Lake. A large crane hook is supporting the machinery part with four massive cables. The cylindrical component is sitting on a track which is moving through a trench into the plant. Three workers check the cables from on top of the cylinder, and several other men monitor the progress from the ground. The Seaholm Power Plant was designed by Burns & McDonell Engineering Co. and built in two phases by Odom Const… more
Date: January 6, 1951
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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[News Clip: Freeways strip opens]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a new strip of freeway being added to direct Fort Worth traffic directly into East Rosedale from Morningside Drive.
Date: November 30, 1951
Duration: 46 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Church gets big rafters]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the raising of rafters during the construction of Polytechnic's new First Methodist Church.
Date: November 14, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 02 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Construction site at night, 2]

Description: Photograph of a construction site at night. The construction site has a large dirt field, surrounded by fencing. In the background, there is a building with arches illuminated with blue lights.
Date: [1951..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951-
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bell Aircraft's first tenant]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Bell Aircraft official moving into the company's new helicopter plant near Hurst while it is still under construction.
Date: December 6, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: New State Fair Building]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about construction starting on a new livestock building for the State Fair. The footage shows the buildings installing giant wooden beams.
Date: August 15, 1951
Duration: 44 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Mill on wheels]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a movable planing mill being put into operation in Dallas.
Date: May 31, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: News briefs two]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the remodeling of the courtroom of Judge Willis McGreagor at the Tarrant County Courthouse.
Date: October 2, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: News briefs one]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas businessmen petitioning the city, one to widen Greenville Avenue, and the other in opposition of a bridge construction project blocking access to his business.
Date: September 25, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Bond election]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an upcoming vote for Fort Worth citizens on a major city improvements bond.
Date: September 9, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Street projects]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about traffic improvement projects in Fort Worth, including the construction of lighted expressways, larger water lines, and widening of busy roads.
Date: March 14, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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