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[News Clip: Melon Festival held at Mineola]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the annual Watermelon Festival in Mineola, Texas.
Date: July 22, 1953
Duration: 3 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 15 - The Star of Tomorrow Contest]

Description: This home movie, with descriptive title cards, documents the Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) on tour in Texas for the Star of Tomorrow Contest in January through May 1952. The film begins with the group traveling on their tour bus for the first round of the contest with stops in Marshall, Gladewater, Kilgore, Greenville, Longview, Jacksonville, Lufton, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Henderson, and then La Porte on March 4, 1952. Footage includes the LCD at the La Porte Theatre performing at segregated schools,… more
Date: 1952-01-08/1952-05-15
Duration: 25 minutes 08 seconds
Location: 30.081975 -94.0977
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 13 - The Star of Tomorrow Contest (Narrated)]

Description: This home movie, narrated by Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) member Marvin "Smokey" Montgomery with descriptive title cards, documents the Light Crust Doughboys on tour in Texas for the Star of Tomorrow Contest in January through May 1952. The entire film is out of focus. The film begins with the group traveling on their tour bus for the first round of the contest with stops in Marshall, Gladewater, Kilgore, Greenville, Longview, Jacksonville, Lufton, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Henderson, and then La Porte… more
Date: 1952-01-08/1952-05-15
Duration: 21 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Montgomery, Marvin ("Smokey")
Location: 30.081975 -94.097700
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[News Clip: Blazing oil well is extinguished]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an oil well fire in the East Texas town of Hawkins. Firemen manage to extinguish the blaze after nearly a day.
Date: October 25, 1955
Duration: 3 minutes
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Governor gets watermelon]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Mineola's Watermelon Queen and her court presenting Governor Daniel with a watermelon to advertise the town's upcoming Watermelon Festival.
Date: July 4, 1957
Duration: 35 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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