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Places in New Mexico, familiar to Ernie Pyle
Views of Ernie Pyle’s familiar places in New Mexico. Opening shot shows a man stepping from the porch of Ernie Pyle’s house, with great expanse of desert landscape in the background. A car driving along a quiet mountain road. People picnicking at a roadside table. Views of mountains and sky and a man leading a horse walking slowly up a sandy hillside. Horse-drawn wagon in the Pueblo of Isleta. A farmer plowing a field with a team of horses. Pueblo women placing rugs on a line and baking bread in an ancient clay outdoor oven. Pueblo residents celebrating Corpus Christi Day. They walk slowly carrying banners and flags. The local Priest says prayers for American soldiers away in World War 2. Inside the church, a Pueblo mother lights candles for her son, overseas, against a backdrop of stars representing each local man away in the war. Car is seen driving across a low bridge over the Rio Grande River. It drives slowly into the town of Sandoval, where a man leads a cow across the road in front of the car. Farmers cultivating rows of crops by hand. A woman sings accompanied by a guitar. A sheep ranch where shepherds on horseback move a flock. Sheep being herded into pens. View of sheep being sheared by team of men. Wool being piled into a truck. Mailman delivering mail to a country mailbox on a street in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Two girls in jeans walking in town. A girl comes out of a building and embraces a young soldier in uniform, who was waiting for her. Pedestrians on the sidewalks in the commercial district. Women with cut roses; playing cards; baking a cake; and cutting a lawn with a manual reel mower. A wedding party walking along the sidewalk. Two girls reading. People in various settings reading the Albuquerque Tribune (or the Journal) newspaper. Movie houses that show films in Spanish and English. Students walking on the grounds of the New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. More views of ordinary people in towns including people of Hispanic descent or Mexican Americans. Sheriff Harold Hubbell of Bernalillo County, who served with the 200 Coast Artillery on Bataan, in 1942, is seen mailing a letter. Former Governor, Clyde Tingley, now Mayor of Albuquerque, comes down steps of a building. A Navajo indian reading a newspaper. A rancher rolling his own cigarette. A young Spanish American boy (Muchacho). Girl (Muchacha) rides a bicycle. A Navajo man followed by his family. Sign reading “Bataan Relief” announcing a talk by a Bataan veteran of World War 2. View of the speaker, in uniform, speaking to a group of mostly women. (Narrator states they lost a whole National Guard Regiment to the Japanese after the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941.) Another glimpse of students at the State University. Another repeat glimpse of Pueblo women baking bread in outdoor oven. Views of girls and women. Various Views of Ernie Pyle with American troops overseas during the war.
F C Crawford addresses people and talks about the solutions to control inflation and poor living standards in New York.
F C Crawford, Chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers addresses the nation from New York. He states that management-labor peace and full productivity can prevent inflation and raise living standards.
Basketball match won by Long Island University's Blackbirds over Valparaiso at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Basketballs match between Long Island University's Blackbirds and Valparaiso at Madison Square Garden in New York. Match in progress. Spectators watch. Crowd applauds. The Blackbirds win.
Last minute preparations with fire proof jackets and the launching of a V-2 rocket at Holloman AFB in New Mexico.
V-2 rocket launched at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. A red flag is raised. The rocket V-2 in the launch tower. Personnel prepare before the launch. The liquid oxygen tank on trailer for fueling. Technicians wearing fire protective clothing. Fire fighting men and equipment standing by during the refueling. Technicians make last minute preparations. The rocket in launching position. The tip of V-2 missile. A large truck moves away from missile. (World War II period).
V-2 rocket fired along with Doctor O' Day and other technicians at Holloman AFB in New Mexico.
V-2 rocket fired at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. Doctor O' Day, Director of Upper Air Research with other technicians. Technicians work on the launching tower. Liaison aircraft flies directly above V-2 Rocket. People gathered around the tower. The tower removed from the rocket. Red fumes coming out of control blockhouse. Man moves at the top of the control house. The rocket is fired. Smoke trails out of V-2. Rocket goes up 80 miles. Fumes coming out of control building. (World War II period).
Nose and tail remains of the V-2 Rocket at Holloman AFB in New Mexico.
V-2 rocket fired at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. The damaged nose section spreads on the ground. The demolished tail section parts scattered all over. Person examines the remains. Mountain ridges in the background. (World War II period).