The reflections of the men can be seen on the surface of the tar pit. Deputy Sheriff Morford holds a rope descending beneath the surface, and Captain Hanby and Deputy Sheriff Hearst hold the remaining length of the rope. Captain Allen crouches along the grassy edge of the pit and Undersheriff Jewell points at the surface.
Photograph of a woman crawling on the sand and under a rope while Mary Whitaker watches her on the beach in Redondo Beach. A rope stretches horizontally across the image. It appears to extend from the beach at right, tapering towards the ocean, out-of-frame, at left. A woman at center crawls on the ground, facing right, on the far side of the rope. She appears to be fetching a hat that lies on the sand at right, beneath the rope. Behind her and to the left, Mary Whitaker faces towards the camera and watches the woman crawling on the sand. Behind them, a few people play in the ocean as waves crash to the shore.
Military personnel practice a water rescue during the Army-Navy Maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California at the end of 1946. The goal of the war games was to practice two maneuvers: Operation Mountain Goat, an amphibious landing designed to dislodge "enemy" troops, and Operation Oilskin, a landing to cut off "enemy" communications. The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps aircrafts participated in the exercise.
Military personnel practice a water rescue during the Army-Navy Maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California at the end of 1946. The goal of the war games was to practice two maneuvers: Operation Mountain Goat, an amphibious landing designed to dislodge "enemy" troops, and Operation Oilskin, a landing to cut off "enemy" communications. The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps aircrafts participated in the exercise.
Sailor holding a piece of rope over the side of a boat during the Army-Navy Maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California at the end of 1946. The goal of the war games was to practice two maneuvers: Operation Mountain Goat, an amphibious landing designed to dislodge "enemy" troops, and Operation Oilskin, a landing to cut off "enemy" communications. The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps aircrafts participated in the exercise.