The Games of the X Olympiad held in Los Angeles, California. Women participate in the springboard diving contest during the summer olympics of 1932. A large crowd gathers to watch the games and cheer. Georgia Coleman does a layout back somersault dive into the water, then three other dives. Closeup view of a smiling Georgia Coleman, springboard diver. Next diver shown is Dorothy Poynton on the high dive, followed by closeup shots of Dorothy after her dives. Swimmers participate in the swimming championships, including American Eleanor Holm in competition with Bonnie Mealing from Australia in the Women's 100 meter backstroke. Closeup shot of Eleanor Holm outside the pool. Americans take the lead in the games. Men participate in the 2000 meter 8 oar she crew shell boat race. American team is made up of team from the University of California. The crew shell race underway on Alamitos Bay in Long Beach California. The University of California team surges at the end to beat the team from Italy. Oil rigs and oil derricks seen in the background on shore behind the cheering crowd watching the race. The men's crew team from the University of California Bears pose for cameras on shore after their victory.
United States Marine Corps at San Diego Harbor in California. An explosion on the ground. Sea in the background. Marines take a shower at a 'Jerry Rig' shower set up in a field. A group of marines fires artillery. Some marines walk in the foreground with rifles in hand. A United States ship docked near a beach. The marines board the ship through its bow entrance.
U.S. Reconnaissance Unit marines receiving underwater training at the U.S. Navy submarine school, New London, Groton, Connecticut. Inside the Buoyant Ascent, Submarine Escape Training Tower, marines equipped with breathing apparatus and flotation collars, are seen rising to the surface of the tank. Glimpse of a submarine on surface of water. Inside the submarine, marines in a platoon, assigned to a team, are briefed by an officer. Then the NCO in charge, carrying his swimming flippers, leads his team into the escape trunk, for their first training mission. View of the marines as water rises around them. Then they are seen making buoyant ascents from the submarine, with bubbles trailing as they rise. View at surface as the team members reach it. The team swims toward shore, pulling their equipment in waterproof bags. They land on a beach, and sweep away any landing marks in the sand. Inland, a team member removes a submachine gun from its waterproof bag. He gives the gun to another marine, fully dressed in camouflage fatigues,
Training maneuvers during Operation Alligator Hide at the White Beach Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California, United States. United States Navy landing ship tank USS Wexford County (LST-1168) anchored. Several Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVPs) moving in the background. U.S. Navy personnel wearing helmets and red flotation gear, on an LCVP, holding a debarkation net. Other LCVPs in view in the background. The personnel on the deck of the ship with the landing net hanging on the side of the ship.
Training maneuvers during Operation Alligator Hide at the White Beach Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California, United States. Marines carrying M-14 rifles walking over a dirt road. Hills in the background. Plants and bushes on either side of the road. A Marine walks on the road with a PRC-25 radio in back pack. Other Marines following him. A grassy area in the background. The Marines walking in a line along the dirt road.
Training maneuvers during Operation Alligator Hide at the White Beach Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California, United States. An M-48 tank parked in a grassy area. Marines on the top hatch of the tank. A portion of the tank in view parked in a bushy area. The tank with the Marines moving over a grassy field. A helicopter flying low over fields and hills. The parked M-48 tank and the Marines standing beside the tank. The Marines holding M-14 rifles looking towards several other Marines with M-14 rifles moving across a dirt area. A Marine standing beside a barbed wire and wood fence speaks to other Marines. One of the Marines with a PRC-25 radio. One of the Marines kneels on the ground with an M-14 rifle at the ready. A bushy area in view. Simulation: The Marines moving in the area with two villagers. One of the villagers is wearing a straw hat. The Marines with the villagers standing in a dirt area. View of the Marines standing and talking in the dirt area. Two Marines with M-14 rifles at the ready walk while escorting a prisoner who has his hands behind neck. One of them has a PRC-25 radio on his back. One of the Marines turns and motions his hand as another prisoner enters. A few Marines with M-14 rifles at the ready, stand guarding the prisoners standing with hands behind necks.
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