A film about journalists whose lives ended in their prime. Footage of the military coup in Chile in 1973: soldiers and tanks on the streets of Santiago, dispersal and arrest of demonstrators. Types of Mexico City: streets, traffic, the public on the streets. Funeral of the Chilean journalist Jose Narrasco, killed for political reasons. USA. Views of New York. American journalist Neil Davis talks (sync.) About his work in Vietnam as a reporter-cameraman. Chronicle footage of the Vietnam War: the fighting of American and Vietnamese soldiers. Views of the capital of Afghanistan - Kabul. Journalist I. Golembiovsky tells (sinhr.) About the war in Afghanistan. Combat operations of Soviet troops in Afghanistan: actions of ground units, aviation. Funeral of Soviet soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Netherlands. Views of Amsterdam. Dutch journalist A. Van Gerwen talks (sinhr) about the work of Dutch journalists in Chile during the 1973 military coup and after it. Funeral in El Salvador of Archbishop Romero, who opposed the dictatorship of President Duarte.