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[News Clip: News briefs one]

Description: Video footage from he WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a story about a new jacket for Dallas police officers, modeled after the military jacket of General Dwight D. Eisenhower during World War II.
Date: October 24, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 16 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Extortion]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a Fort Worth butcher, Eugene Wesley Sapp, charged with extortion after threatening over the phone to blow up the home of oilman Lou Wattenbarger unless he paid him $2,500.
Date: October 24, 1951, 6:45 p.m.
Duration: 52 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Sadie Hawkins day]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Sadie Hawkins Day at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, where campus women try to catch male students for a mock wedding ceremony.
Date: October 24, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 26 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Patients escape in hospital fire]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a fire at St. Paul's hospital in Dallas. All patients and staff managed to escape the blaze unharmed.
Date: October 24, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 04 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: News briefs]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Dallas police officers entering into seminary and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children it's 28th memorial service.
Date: May 24, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 44 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Fish rodeo]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fishing competition for children at the Meadowbrook's White Lake.
Date: August 24, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 25 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Water safety school]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annual National Red Cross Aquatics School teaching lifesaving skills at Texas State College for Women.
Date: August 24, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 41 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Miss Flame]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a "Miss Flame" beauty pageant sponsored by the Oak Cliff Kiwanis club to raise awareness for a fire prevention campaign.
Date: August 24, 1951
Duration: 33 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Miss Texas]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Glenda Jane Holcomb, 1951 Miss Texas award winner, arriving in Fort Worth to purchase a wardrobe before representing the state at the Miss America pageant.
Date: August 24, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Baseball]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a baseball game between the Fort Worth Cats and the Dallas Eagles. The Eagles win the game, 7-3.
Date: May 24, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 59 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: News briefs]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering three news stories. The first story is about a visit to the Fort Worth Quartermaster Depot by Army Major General Herman Feldman. The second story is about the swearing-in of a new judge for the 96th District Court, Fisher T. Denny. The third story is about a young Fort Worth boy, Lewis Jackson, who was slightly injured during his birthday party after being hit in the chest by a 38 caliber shell loaded into a plastic pop gun.
Date: July 24, 1951
Duration: 2 minutes 01 second
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Veteran returns]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Master Sergeant Paul McCammon returning home to his family after ten months in Korea.
Date: May 24, 1951
Duration: 2 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Pleasure boat]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new metal river boat, "The Idle Time", going on its first 17 hundred mile excursion.
Date: July 24, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 57 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Soap box derby]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Sixth Annual Soap Derby in Fort Worth.
Date: July 24, 1951
Duration: 2 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Texas news review]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering major Texas news stories from the past week, including the swearing in of a new federal judge in the eastern district of Texas, and a convention of the Texas State Chiropractic Association in Fort Worth.
Date: June 24, 1951
Duration: 4 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Bomb probe]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a special grand jury being sworn in to investigate repeated instances of bombing negro homes in formerly white areas of South Dallas.
Date: July 24, 1951
Duration: 2 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[Woman in mirror]

Description: Photograph of a woman looking into a mirror. Her back is facing the camera, but her front can be seen in the large mirror on the wall. She is wearing a dress, which she is pulling up above her knees, revealing her legs. She is staring at her reflection.
Date: July 24, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[Saquaro cactus in the desert]

Description: Photograph of a printed paper that reads, "At dawn, the painted desert lends its colors to the sky. Witnessed only by the gaunt figures of Saguaro cactus, silvery light invades a fleecy mackerel sky that gives mute warning of a gathering storm." The print features an image of the Saguaro cactus in a desert. A cloudy sky makes up the background. The print is taped to a wall.
Date: February 24, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[Woman displays legs]

Description: Photograph of a woman posing in a mirror. She is holding her dress up to reveal her legs and smiling at her reflection. Her right leg is positioned forward and her chin is tilted up.
Date: July 24, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[Homer Vinco receiving rebel cap]

Description: Photograph of Homer Vinco receiving a rebel cap. He is wearing a long-sleeve shirt, a patterned tie, a belt, and pants. He has one hand holding his cap and he is slightly turned to the left and glancing to the right. To the right, there is a man wearing glasses and a suit and he is holding an object in his hands. To the left, there is another man operating types of equipment. He is wearing headphones, glasses, a long-sleeve shirt, and pants. There are two windows to the left and a clock hanging… more
Date: December 24, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[Eileen Flake sitting at desk]

Description: Photograph of Eileen Flake sitting behind a desk in an office. On the desk in front of her are papers, office supplies, a telephone, and a lamp. Flake is holding a pen and is looking to the right of the camera. Her hair is short and curly. A bookcase is visible against the wall behind her. There are two curtained windows in the background.
Date: November 24, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[York slides]

Description: Photograph of a printed paper for York that reads "York refrigeration air conditioning" and "Refrigeration" in black letters inside a circle. The print is taped to a wall.
Date: May 24, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[Woman hiking up her petticoat]

Description: Photograph of a woman hiking up her petticoat in the mirror. She has her hair down and is wearing a floor length robe that she has fastened at the top and pulled apart below her waist to expose her legs. Under this, she is wearing a petticoat that she has pulled up over her knee to her mid calf. She is looking down at her exposed legs in the mirror. The room that she is in looks to be a dressing room. There is a counter along the wall on the left side of the room and there is a side table and a… more
Date: July 24, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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