United States Marines aboard landing ships near Red Beach, Okinawa. The ramp door of the ship opens in the water. Tanks and other artillery being transported from the ship by amphibious vehicles onto Red Beach. The amphibious vehicles in water advancing towards the beach. (World War II period).
United States Tank Battalion arrives on Red Beach in Okinawa during Battle of Okinawa. Amphibious tanks in water. The tanks arrive on Red Beach. A tank with floating gear in water arrives on the beach. United States Marines aboard the tanks. (World War II period).
Surf Board Championship at Makha Beach in Hawaii. Scene of the beach. People walk on the beach with surf boards. Midget Farelly of Australia surfs. Two other contestants surf but fall in water. Joe Cabell of United States surfs and wins the championship.
United States Tank Battalion arrives on Red Beach in Okinawa during Battle of Okinawa. Amphibious tanks on Red Beach. United States Marines patrol with rifles in hand. The Marines walk towards the village area. A convoy of tanks advance. Smoke rises from an explosion in the background. The Marines aboard a tank. (World War II period).
United States Tank Battalion arrives on Red Beach in Okinawa during Battle of Okinawa. U.S. Marines walk in fields with rifles in hand. The Marines advance in formation. The soldiers converse and relax on the beach. An amphibious tank in the background. Smoke rises on hillside. (World War II period).
People dig in the sand and take out chunks of a bad-smelling substance, they believe is ambergris (a valuable perfume base, worth about $100 an ounce). They hold chunks of the material in their hands and happily pose for pictures on the beach and in their homes. (Note: although initially identified by a laboratory, as ambergris, the substance was soon determined not to be. Rather, it was found to be some sort of waste material, and was identified as waste from offshore shipping, by the Marin County Department of Public Works. New York experts described it as a vegetable substance, and other suggestions were made. But all authorities agreed it was not ambergris. Thus, the excitement quickly waned and life in Bolinas Beach returned to normal within a month.)
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