USMC 108043: ""Solid Shield 75""

Item Description
Title
USMC 108043: ""Solid Shield 75""

Citation information
USMC 108043: ""Solid Shield 75"". (122-06027-75; R-7-11; 10-1811.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3375

Marine Corps Library Number
8198-16

Additional identifiers
122-06027-75; R-7-11; 10-1811

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108043

Decade
1970

Date
1975

Description
Operation Solid Shield 75 activities. Jeeps, mechanical mules, and LVTP7s move and park on sandy roads. Marines camouflage an LVTP7 with netting, use PRC75 radio and AMPRS153 portable mine detector. Marines in the role of aggressors fire .30 caliber machine gun from M48, move on sandy road. An M60 moves through pools of water on sand.

Location(s)
Camp Lejeune (N.C.)

Camera crew
Cook (SSgt); Nelson, R.M. (Sgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed between 1975-05-26 and 1975-06-08

Division
2nd Division


Battalion
8th Battalion


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
400

Original aspect ratio
1.37:1 (Academy)

Original media type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Language
English

Contributing organization
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital collection name
United States Marine Corps Films


Rights information
Public domain.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
11/15/2022

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K

Digital runtime
11:16

Digital file type
video/H264