Tribute to war correspondent, Ernie Pyle in New Mexico. Newspaper column by Ernie Pyle, called "The ROVING REPORTER." In it Pyle mentions many places he could live, including the Pacific Northwest, New England, the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Key West, California, and Honolulu. Images of these places are shown. Farmers loading hay in the Northwest; A church in New England; A paddle wheeler ship on the Mississippi River; A seaplane coming in to land on the water at Key West, Florida; Aerial glimpse of Golden Gate Bridge; the Diamond Head mountain in Honolulu. But Pyle chose to live in Albuquerque New Mexico. View of a passenger train arriving at station in Albuquerque. The street and house where Ernie Pyle lived A woman on the porch of the house petting Pyle's dog Cheetah. Inside the house are views of his study, books, and photographic memorabilia. View of Pyle with American soldiers in World War 2. American troops marching in war zone. Troops trying to keep warm in snowy conditions, and advancing in street fighting and other places, firing at hidden enemies Scene shifts back to Pyle’s study at home and focuses on a map of New Mexico. Glimpse of Santa Fe and its Capitol building, and its old Palace of the Governors. Persons on horseback riding in the town of Taos, and views of its Pueblo village. Woman seated in village painting a scene of the village. Gravestone of famous Frontier Scout, Kit Carson. Street scene in downtown Gallup, New Mexico. Coal being moved in open rail cars from a mine near Gallup, New Mexico. Street scene in Roswell, New Mexico, and view of the New Mexico Military Institute with cadets marching in a field. View of Silver City, and of various metal ores being mined near there. Carlsbad Caverns, seen with visitors on a walkway in front of a huge opening and views inside the caverns where visiting children are singing the religious hymn "Rock of Ages." Views, back again to Ernie Pyle’s home, its study and living room, with his dog, named Cheetah, sitting on one of the chairs.
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.
Former Japanese prison guards and liberated allied prisoners of war at a Japanese prison camp in Manchuria during the Second Sino-Japanese War (World War II). The guards dig up Red Cross cartons intended for the prisoners. They were confiscated and buried by the Japanese. Soldiers stand with guns. A soldier plays guitar. A United States Army general speaks. Panoramic views of emaciated ex-prisoners. The liberated prisoners are loaded into transport planes. The airplane in flight.
Trial of twenty Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg, Germany. Hermann Goering and other officials sit in the trial room. Documents on table and men working. Close-up views of court reporter stenographer hands on shorthand machines typing proceedings. Press and news media work to publish the news of the trials. The switchboard batteries and special telegraph wires used for publishing the news. Man at desk as ticker tape runs through machine. Defendant Hermann Goering yawns beside Rudolf Hess while seated in court room. A large display hung on a wall which is an organization chart of the Nazi German operation from Hitler on down, depicting the members and leaders and their relationship hierarchy. Various views of the court justices, lawyers, and defendants.
The huge IG Farben plant is blown up in Ebenhausen, Germany, 7 months after the end of World War 2 in Europe. The German war production plant produced tons of nitrocellulose daily for the German war. United States Army soldiers seated in a group. The Commanding Officer, Lt. General Lucian Truscott, discusses with another U.S. Army officer. A sign board reads: 'Schwaben Control Office'. Lt General Truscott activates the handle to trigger the explosive charge, and the plant is blasted by 200 tons of TNT. Army personnel examine the rubble and wrecked parts of the plant and its machinery.
Fifteen children and bus driver drown in a lake, Chelan, Washington. People gather around the place. Crane lifts the wrecked bus from the lake. Divers under water. A child in his home with parents. Woman on bed. A woman reads newspaper. A girl sits. ( Note: Survivors of this tragedy are shown at the end. . In order of appearance, they are: Donnie Mack, Mrs. Glenna Brown, Mari Condon, Peggy Rice, and Ethel Keck. One other survivor, Bobby Watson, is not shown.)
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