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Ernie Pyle reports in newspaper about why he likes Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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.
American landscape views 1930s; contributions of U.S. soldiers in the history and development of the USA.
The involvement of the American soldier in the history and growth of the United States from early 1900s until roughly 1938 before World War 2. Views of western United States countryside and mountain areas, including Mount Hood in Oregon, as seen from a slow moving car or other vehicle on a roadway. Wide, expansive landscape views in the U.S. Two Confederate and one Union uniformed veteran soldiers of the American Civil War walk together in the Arlington National Cemetery, in Virginia. U.S. Army soldiers marching at a an Army base, likely early 1930s, and wearing World War 1 era helmets. U.S. Army soldiers marching in a parade in Washington DC with U.S. Capitol in the background. Views of cities and towns in which U.S. Army posts were established, in the United States. Wide view of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, with Antlers Hotel in the distance and Pikes Peak in the far distance. Next shot is an unidentified downtown main street in the U.S. 1930s, followed by a scene of an industrial plant with a large water tower and snow covered low mountains in the distance. Next scene is the San Francisco skyline in the 1930s with the Bay Bridge in the far distance. Army troops and cavalry creating trails and paths, and eventually railroads, in wilderness areas of the United States. A railroad locomotive approaching beside the camera position at high speed, and then passing by pulling train cars. View of the Presidio Army Base and the Golden Gate Bridge, California. Subtle references to U.S. Army accomplishments, including curbing Mississippi River floods (Corps of Engineers) and conquering Yellow Fever (Army Doctor Walter Reed). Point of view (POV) shot from moving railroad train in a Colorado canyon; a side wheeler River boat on the Mississippi River; a sugar cane field in Cuba. View of locks in the Panama Canal. Statue of World War I soldiers.
Government's Oil Posters pasted on American and other foreign oil companies posters in Mexico.
Shows government workers in Mexico pasting Government's Oil Company's Posters over American and other foreign oil companies posters, during Mexico's nationalization of oil commerce operations as a state owned activity starting in 1938. Posters of companies such as Sinclair, Ductos,Pierce oil,Aquila,California Std. Oil Co. and several other replaced with government's oil posters 1938.
Mexican Government promotes nationalization of oil companies in Mexico.
Shows worker at a gas station pasting government's oil posters over the logos of 'Huasteca Petroleum Company'. Another scene where worker pastes government's oil poster over the California Std. Oil company's logo over a bridge. Other foreign oil posters being replaced .1938.
Deployment of security and testing measures in Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands for Operation Sandstone.
Deployment of atomic security and testing measures in Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands (sometimes spelled Eniwetok or Eniewetok) before the Operation Sandstone atomic bomb tests. Exterior of the Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago, Illinois. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission laboratories in Los Alamos,Oak Ridge, Hanford and Brookhaven. American flag post and a distant tower (Zero Tower) on Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Loading unloading of cargo at shipyard in Long Beach,California. Convoy of U.S. ships heads for Enewetak. Scenes of men aboard the ships. U.S. troops in Eniwetok Atoll deploy security measures and plant testing and recording instruments near the Zero Tower. Several types of photo cameras in a workshop . Troops mount high speed cameras on an aircraft.
Life in Germany before, during, and after World War 2, including rise of Nazi party and intolerance in Germany
Unrest in Germany in 1930's during crisis of unemployment and inflation that had followed after World War I. A closed and boarded-up German factory. Two barefooted, jobless German men sleep in a park. During Great Depression in the United States, a weary woman is seen walking through an alley and looking in garbage cans. Sign for Los Angeles California Leather Company seen on building behind her. Children play in streets of a slum area. In Germany, scene of boys in training in Hitler Youth and carrying shovels, then carrying rifles and learning low crawling and military attack techniques. German farmers plowing on farms. Several night scenes including Nazis and brownshirts on the march, burning of books. Secret police or Gestapo and soldiers escort a church priest or clergy out of a church. During time of rising anti-Jewish sentiment in Nazi-led Germany, scenes of abuse and Gestapo arrests of some German citizens such as Jewish people, suspected Communists, political foes, and others critical of the Nazi party. A group of people attack and beat Jewish people in streets. A parade by the Wehrmacht German troops. Rearmament of Germany in 1930's. Scenes from busy German munitions factories. A Junkers Stuka aircraft factory filled with planes being built. A German artillery factory. German Luftwaffe and Panzer attack. German tanks roll over landscape. Scenes at end of war of burning German cities. Women run through bomb-wrecked streets of devastated Berlin during an aerial bombing raid by Allied aircraft. One woman falls as she runs. A woman and children race for the doors of a bomb shelter in Germany. The bomb wrecked streets of Berlin heaped with rubble and wreckage. Elderly German man walks through ruins. Small locomotive train running carrying cars of cleared rubble. German civilian dig potatoes in gardens. German women stand atop a collapsed building pile and clear rubble with shovels. German man waters a newly planted garden with empty shells of wrecked buildings in background. Newspapers produced by M.G. seen in newspaper printing press and rolling off presses. Binding of booklets and magazines from a German printing press. Sculptured bust of Goethe superimposed over books written by Goethe and Schiller. A montage shows in contrast the peaceful life in Germany before war, and scenes again of war, with alternating, juxtaposed scenes: German police officer escorts children across a street, book burning by Nazis, Gestapo violent arrest of a German citizen who is being pushed and hauled away. A German football (soccer) match in a stadium. Cook serves food to a man. A man in a concentration camp tips a bowl to his mouth. German children playing in a pool. Then juxtaposed scene with German women and children racing for a shelter during an air raid in World War 2. Scenes of bomb explosions. A peaceful waterfall.