USMC 108463: Operation Solid Shield 76

Item Description
Title
USMC 108463: Operation Solid Shield 76

Citation information
USMC 108463: Operation Solid Shield 76. (122-0505-02-03-76; 122-CLNC-76; R-5-12; 10-1874.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3376

Marine Corps Library Number
8533-16

Additional identifiers
122-0505-02-03-76; 122-CLNC-76; R-5-12; 10-1874

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108463

Decade
1970

Date
1976-05-12

Description
Marines participate in training exercise Operation Solid Shield 76. LVT7s and M60 tanks move over roads and bushy areas. Marines board LVTP7s, build, and place logs down to create a road block. Simulated aggressors ride aboard 6x6 truck. Marines put on gas masks and advance. Marines nap aboard the USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2).

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

Camera crew
Lawrence; Cook

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

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
01/18/2023

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

Digital runtime
11:46

Digital file type
video/H264