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[News Script: Gorilla]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival of a 16-pound baby girl gorilla, from New York, at Forest Park Zoo in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: September 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Alligator escapes, spoils VFW gesture]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an alligator that was meant to be a gift from J. T. Lindenberg of the Dallas chapter of Veterans of Foreign Wars. The alligator was meant to be donated to the James R. Record Aquarium in Fort Worth, but it fell out of the car in which it was being transported and was hit by another vehicle.
Date: July 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Snakes]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new bushmaster snake at the Forest Park zoo. Harry Jackson, a herpetologist, is in charge of the snake.
Date: July 17, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Zoo]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Fort Worth's Forest Park Zoo trading three of its alligators to the Oklahoma City Zoo for a companion for their kangaroo.
Date: May 24, 1956
Duration: 57 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Orangutans]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the apes at the Forest Park zoo being moved into the newly-completed Great Ape House.
Date: March 2, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 01 second
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Gibbons perform in new zoo ape house]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Forest Park Zoo in Fort Worth's latest addition: four Gibbons.
Date: March 6, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 04 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Orangutans]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the apes at the Forest Park zoo being moved into the newly-completed Great Ape House.
Date: March 2, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Baby gorillas get presents]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the baby gorillas at the Fort Worth's Forest Park Zoo receiving Christmas presents.
Date: December 24, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 44 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Hippo]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Belle, a female hippo at the Forest Park zoo. She is being moved to a bigger pool, but doesn't seem interested in leaving her old habitat.
Date: October 18, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 13 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Alligator escapes, spoils VFW gesture]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an alligator that was meant to be a gift from J. T. Lindenberg of the Dallas chapter of Veterans of Foreign Wars. The alligator was meant to be donated to the James R. Record Aquarium in Fort Worth, but it fell out of the car in which it was being transported and was hit by another vehicle.
Date: July 15, 1956, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Stricken Girl Gets Wish -- French Poodle ; Cobras from India Make Bow at Zoo]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Gayle Teague, a young girl with muscular dystrophy. She has been given a poodle by Doctor Estell White. Fort Worth's Reptile Exhibit is also shown in the video.
Date: August 7, 1956
Duration: 2 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: U. N. party at zoo]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 21, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 06 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Snakes]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new bushmaster snake at the Forest Park zoo. Harry Jackson, a herpetologist, is in charge of the snake.
Date: July 17, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 22 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Burglar and bear land in city jail]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a man being arrested after going on a burglary spree with his pet coatimundi.
Date: March 30, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 52 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Pete back in new, moves to new home]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Pete the Python at Fort Worth's Forest Park Zoo moving into a new enclosure.
Date: March 23, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 29 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Twin white tails make bow at zoo]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about two Virginia White Tail Deer at the Fort Worth Forest Park zoo giving birth to twins named Jack and Jill.
Date: June 10, 1956
Duration: 37 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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