[News Clip: Big Tex of Texas]

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Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by news reporter Jack Helsel about preparations for the State Fair of Texas, including the assembly of Big Tex. The story includes footage of school children observing Big Tex and and interview with Big Tex's creator, Jack Bridges.

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1 videocassette (Betacam) (1 min., 53 sec.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

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KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.) September 1990.

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  • Main Title: [News Clip: Big Tex of Texas]
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Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by news reporter Jack Helsel about preparations for the State Fair of Texas, including the assembly of Big Tex. The story includes footage of school children observing Big Tex and and interview with Big Tex's creator, Jack Bridges.

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1 videocassette (Betacam) (1 min., 53 sec.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

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  • Preferred Citation: NBC 5/KXAS Television News Collection (AR0776), University of North Texas Special Collections

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  • September 1990

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KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Clip: Big Tex of Texas], video, September 1990; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc987795/: accessed October 16, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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