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Jim Wright for U.S. Senate

Description: Following the 1960 presidential election, a special election was held to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by then Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. This telecast from May 1961 promotes the candidacy of Jim Wright, who was then serving in the United States House of Representatives from Texas’ 12th congressional district. The election drew a field of 71 potential candidates, with Republican John G. Tower narrowly defeating interim appointee and Democrat William Blakely in a runoff elect… more
Date: May 1961
Duration: 29 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Jim Wright Campaign
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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[News Clip: F16-Bush]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: July 30, 1992, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Recreation / tour]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 7, 1986, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 41 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Location: 32.588676 -96.955549
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Tornado, Parade, Baseball]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a tornado and severe weather in Cleburne, Midlothian, and Britton, and the damage that was sustained, a carnival to be held at the Fair Park Foods Building in Dallas, Texas, as a fund raising project for the National Polio Foundation, and a dinner honoring two Texas League baseball players who set and broke the home run record.
Date: August 31, 1956
Duration: 5 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Plane crash]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an U.S. Air National Guard F-80 jet crashing on a farm near Waxahatchie, killing the pilot. The cause of the crash is unknown.
Date: June 25, 1957
Duration: 56 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Grand Prairie, Texas: Watersports, Horseracing, and Flea Market]

Description: This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Grand Prairie, Texas. In the film, a group of men play golf, and then they are asked by the crew filming them to discuss the game over sandwiches. Groups of people play recreational watersports at Joe Pool Lake, including: parasailing, fishing, boating on PWCs (personal watercraft), motorboats, and fishing boats. The next scenes cover Louis Tussaud's Palace of Wax, horseracing at Lone Star Park, and the flea market at Trader… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 39 minutes 43 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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