People have cocktails at Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel (Grossinger Golf Course Liberty, New York, 12754 United States) in Liberty, New York. People have cocktails outdoors under the beach umbrellas. A woman drinks cocktails. Views of people seated and having cocktails. A man and a woman talk to each other. The man smokes.
The freighter SS Yorkmar, owned by the Bethlehem Steel Company, and operated by the Calmar Line, is aground on an open beach north of Grays Harbor, Washington State, United States. A ship's officer and some members of the crew are seen briefly,on the shore. A Coast Guard helicopter hovers over her stern while carrying a line out to the ship from the shore. Crew members are seen standing in the water near the Yorkmar,and pulling on a line from the ship to the shore. Others climb a rope ladder up the side of the Yorkmar. The crew remains with the ship awaiting tide to refloat her. (Note: The SS Yorkmar, seen here, should not be confused with a ship of the same name that was torpedoed in 1943. This ship was originally a Liberty Ship, launched in 1944, and named the "Walter Kidde." After the war, she was operated by Calmar SS Corporation of New York and renamed the "Yorkmar," in 1947.)
Test of Higgins Boats in Louisiana, United States. A 45 foot Higgins steel engine powered tank lighter boat in Lake Pontchartrain. The boat hits the beach. The ramp panel of the boat lowers down. People get on the boat and the panels closes.
Test of Higgins Boats in Louisiana, United States. A 36 foot Higgins Eureka landing boat in Lake Pontchartrain . A car is loaded on the boat. The boat sails away. The boat comes to the beach and unloads the car.
Major General Charles Corlett, Brigadier General Barnett, General John Dewitt, General Ready and General Smith examine the activities on the beach in Aleutian Island, Alaska. Soldiers of Amphibious Task Force 9 hold a tattered Japanese flag and celebrate their victory. (World War II period).
A demonstration about clearing obstacles and mines with explosives in Florida, United States. A sign on a paper reads 'Project 122 LVT (2) Drone '. A radar guided LVT (2) Drone female boat loaded with explosives underway at sea towards a target. A man aboard a male boat guides the course of the female boat as he works on the controls. The female LVT ( Lading Vehicle Tracked ) changes its course. The man aboard the male LVT looks at the female LVT through binoculars. The female LVT Drone reaches a beach and heads towards a pill box. The female LVT stops near the pill box and 6000 pound explosives loaded onto it get detonated. An explosion occurs and a seal on a paper reads ' 40 % completed '.
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