[News Clip: Donuts & piano smash]

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Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about Texas Christian University sorority members participating in a doughnut eating contest sponsored by the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity and members of SAE smashing a piano with a sledgehammer.

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1 film (1 min., 30 sec.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm.

Creation Information

WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.) March 22, 1969.

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  • NBC5/KXAS-TV

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  • Main Title: [News Clip: Donuts & piano smash]
  • Series Title: NBC News Clips

Description

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about Texas Christian University sorority members participating in a doughnut eating contest sponsored by the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity and members of SAE smashing a piano with a sledgehammer.

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1 film (1 min., 30 sec.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm.

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

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KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection

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[News Script: Donuts & Piano Smash] (Script)

[News Script: Donuts & Piano Smash]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story.

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[News Script: Donuts & Piano Smash], ark:/67531/metadc1041672/

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  • March 22, 1969

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  • March 15, 2018, 8:30 a.m.

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  • June 25, 2020, 3:35 p.m.

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  • 32.709483, -97.362772

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Clip: Donuts & piano smash], video, March 22, 1969; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1115267/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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