In opening scene prior to World War 2, camera pans across a building complex that might be a resort hotel. Scene shifts to hundreds of bathers on shallow water at a beach. Life guards occupy a structure in the shallows. Families with small children fill the shoreline and shallow water. some of the small children use flotation devices. Actual swimmers are seen farther out in deeper water. Closeup of three small children playing with a pot as they sit in a protected area that seems to be surrounded by seaweed or other vegetation. A boy behind them works to build the surrounding wall. Change of scene shows another area of beach with a long pier extending out into the water. The shore is completely hidden by families seated on the beach under huge umbrellas and tents. The next scene is of a downtown commercial district festooned with numerous banners overlooking the street. There are no vehicles evident. The entire area is filled with pedestrians. At another section of the town, the street is more densly crowded with pedestrians.
Battle of Leyte in the Pacific Campaign of World War II in Philippines. A convoy of United States ships arrives at Palo Beach in Leyte, Philippines. Smoke rise with an explosion on the beach. Battleships fire at Japanese enemy on the beach. A convoy of ships underway.
Recreational activities at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam. Board reads 'Cam Ranh Bay Air Force Beach'. Airmen sunbathe and relax on the beach. Group of Airmen walk towards water for a swim. A Life Guard watches from a tower. An ambulance on the beach in case of an emergency. (Vietnam War period).
The Commission for city planning of Tel Aviv studies on the development of the town in Tel Aviv, Palestine. Engineers study the plan for a beach in the city. The engineers level the area with the help of theodolites. Camels laden with gravel walk by in the background. Engineer discusses plan with colleagues looking at a map. The group walks along the beach. Engineers on a truck drives past a car parked along th road. Group of engineers walk on the beach and cross a bridge over River Yarkon.
A Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) seen beached, sideways, on the shore at near the E-1 Draw of Omaha Beach, during resupply operations following the Normandy invasion in World War 2. A bluff rises close to shore in the background, leaving a narrow shoreline and narrow path (draw) through the bluffs. Camera shows Landing Ship Tank (LST), number 281, near the shore with troops on her deck. U.S. troops are seen walking along the shoreline past wreckage of landing craft and their cargoes. Two Amphibious vehicles (DukWs) move from the shore into the water, past the beached hulk of LCI number 434. They appear to be headed toward LST 281, which is shown again.
Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. Allied soldiers at a beach and a partially sunken ship in the background. Wreckage on the beach. A wrecked steel frame structure of an aircraft at the beach. Allied soldiers examine the structure. Two boys get in the cockpit of the aircraft and try to pose as pilots. A boy jumps into the sea. The boys swim in water.
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