[News Clip: Tape pals]
Description:
Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a tape recorder purchased in 1952 that grew into a world wide organization called World Tape Pals. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews bought the tape recorder so they could send tapes to their son Walter who was in the armed forces in Korea. The first tape made such a big hit that Matthews decided to send tapes to strangers in foreign countries, which then prompted others to do the same. World Tape Pals has gro…
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Date:
August 18, 1958
Duration:
3 minutes 21 seconds
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner:
UNT Libraries Special Collections