The Plage Grande-Conche at Royan, France. The photographer is looking east-south-east showing the beach at high tide. The sands are covered with candy-striped tents and a large number of people are in the water. The Municipal Casino, built in 1895 and destroyed by bombing in 1945, is in the left background. A number of hotels face the promenade, including one with the words Les Flots Bleus on the flank wall. In the centre background is a large gasholder The photographer is on a shore excursion from the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger cruise ship Viceroy of India (1929).