More than eight hundred false killer whales beached themselves on the shores of Mar del Plata, mostly on the Playa Bristol, on the afternoon of 10 October 1946.

They came in compact groups, and made no efforts to return to the water.

Some people stabbed the animals, shot them or cut off their fins.

A police guard was placed to stop this cruelty.

When the bodies began to decompose they were towed out to sea for 3 kilometres (1.9 mi).

The waves returned some bodies to the beach, and two of the skeletons were dissected.

Mar del Plata became a resort for Peronist "social tourism", no longer restricted to the wealthy.

The French rambla was demolished in the 1940s.

The Bristol Hotel has also been demolished.

The casino and the present rambla were already being built.

The Gran Hotel Provincial and the Casino Central opened in 1950, the largest hotel in Argentina and the largest casino in the world at the time.

They are an impressive complex of buildings along the Rambla Casino, which has a monumental staircase with stone sculptures of sea lions on each side.

Small traditional bars opened in the arcades of the Hotel Provincial and the Casino, many of them now gone.

Over time the beach eroded until it became quite narrow.

In 1999 new sand was brought in, and it is now almost 100 metres (330 ft) from the promenade to the shore.
More than eight hundred false killer whales beached themselves on the shores of Mar del Plata, mostly on the Playa Bristol, on the afternoon of 10 October 1946.
They came in compact groups, and made no efforts to return to the water.
Some people stabbed the animals, shot them or cut off their fins.
A police guard was placed to stop this cruelty.
When the bodies began to decompose they were towed out to sea for 3 kilometres (1.9 mi).
The waves returned some bodies to the beach, and two of the skeletons were dissected.
Mar del Plata became a resort for Peronist "social tourism", no longer restricted to the wealthy.
The French rambla was demolished in the 1940s.
The Bristol Hotel has also been demolished.
The casino and the present rambla were already being built.
The Gran Hotel Provincial and the Casino Central opened in 1950, the largest hotel in Argentina and the largest casino in the world at the time.
They are an impressive complex of buildings along the Rambla Casino, which has a monumental staircase with stone sculptures of sea lions on each side.
Small traditional bars opened in the arcades of the Hotel Provincial and the Casino, many of them now gone.
Over time the beach eroded until it became quite narrow.
In 1999 new sand was brought in, and it is now almost 100 metres (330 ft) from the promenade to the shore.
Playa Bristol