USMC 108468: Operation Solid Shield 76

Item Description
Title
USMC 108468: Operation Solid Shield 76

Citation information
USMC 108468: Operation Solid Shield 76. (122-0505-02-03-76; 122-CLNC-76; R-8-12; 10-2094.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3384

Marine Corps Library Number
8536-16

Additional identifiers
122-0505-02-03-76; 122-CLNC-76; R-8-12; 10-2094

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108468

Decade
1970

Date
1976-05-12

Description
Marines participate in training exercise Operation Solid Shield 76. AV8A aircraft executes vertical landings. Pilots engage in conversation. A USN tractor moves AV8A into parking position. ""Aggressors"" fire M16 rifles from a 6x6 truck. LVTP7s move over dirt roads and cross river. Marines board LVTP7s. Marines take prone firing positions with M16 rifles and M60 machine guns. UH1 helicopter and camouflaged M60 tanks sit idle.

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

Camera crew
Lawrence

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed throughout May 1976

Division
2nd Division


Regiment
8th Marines


Battalion
2nd Battalion


Squadron
VMA-542


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
380

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
10:44

Digital file type
video/H264