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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.)
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[News Clip: Bodies of Two B-36 Victims are Found]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the end of an extensive search for two Convair flight engineers, J. E. Cunningham and Fred J. Verrips. The two are presumed to have parachuted from a B-36 bomber when a flash fire broke out. The bodies of both men were found near Roanoke.
Date: February 8, 1956
Duration: 2 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Fire]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire that damages a dog house factory. A house on the property is destroyed.
Date: October 11, 1956
Duration: 2 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Irma E.L. Sephas at NTSC]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Irma E.L. Sephas, the first African American student to attend North Texas State College. Footage shows Mrs. Sephas on campus. She is interviewed about her experience at the school. At the end of the film, President James Carl “J. C.” Matthews is shown seated at a desk. Video begins without sound but there is audio starting in the middle of the clip.
Date: February 9, 1956
Duration: 2 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Old Newsboys]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a fundraising campaign, featuring the sale of the Soroptimist Clarion newspaper, for a camp for disabled children.
Date: September 9, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 05 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Party]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Pan American Ranch party. South Americans and Texans gather at the ranch of Dallas Mayor Thornton.
Date: October 10, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 02 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Pilot Escapes When Jet Place Crashes]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a plane crash in a field northwest of Pilot Point. The pilot, Lieutenant John A. Martin, had parachuted to safety before the crash.
Date: November 28, 1956
Duration: 43 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Sanger Parade ; Prisoners Donate Blood: Terms Cut]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering two news stories. The first is about the Sanger Parade at the annual community fair. The second story is about prisoners donating blood in exchange for shorter sentences.
Date: August 23, 1956
Duration: 2 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Train, Dallas Hood Slain in Denton County]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a train derailment of two train cars laden with propane gas in Allen, Texas, a news story about the murder of Olin Ray Tyler in Denton, Texas,
Date: August 5, 1956
Duration: 3 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: TSCW]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the dedication of four new buildings at Texas State College for Women in Denton.
Date: May 9, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 41 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Air Search]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering 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
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Bodies of Two B-36 Victims Are Found]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the end of an extensive search for two Convair flight engineers, J. E. Cunningham and Fred J. Verrips. The two are presumed to have parachuted from a B-36 bomber when a flash fire broke out. The bodies of both men were found near Roanoke
Date: February 8, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Negro Student is "Happy at NTSC"]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Mrs. Irma E. L. Sephas, the first negro undergraduate at North Texas State College in Denton. She has found the North Texas community unusually helpful and welcoming during her first week of classes.
Date: February 9, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Old Newsboys]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fundraising campaign, featuring the sale of the Soroptimist Clarion newspaper, for a camp for disabled children.
Date: September 9, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Teenage Crime]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrest of two teenage boys, who hijacked a Cadillac and robbed a grocery store in Haslet.
Date: September 17, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: TSCW]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the dedication of four new buildings at Texas State College for Women in Denton.
Date: May 9, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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