USMC 110845: Solid Shield exercises in Honduras

Item Description
Title
USMC 110845: Solid Shield exercises in Honduras

Citation information
USMC 110845: Solid Shield exercises in Honduras. (012-16-87.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3340/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
012-16-87

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 110845

Decade
1980

Date
1987-05-13

Description
1st Battalion, 6th Regiment conducts Solid Shield military exercises in Honduras to test ability to mobilize a large-scale maneuver alongside Honduran troops. CH-46s of HMM-162 land battalion elements in field and the battalion deploys heavy weapons and vehicles. Honduran military stands in formation and Honduran military band plays music. An LCU-1661 landing craft unloads Jeeps and troops. An LCM-8 from Navy Assault Craft Unit 2 carries troops and a tank across water. Troops gather at a row of tanks. Various aircraft shown, including UH-1N Huey.

Location(s)
Honduras

Camera crew
Hernandez (Camera operator); Eastern Regional Audiovisual Production Unit

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on May 13 and May 15, 1987.

Regiment
6th Marines


Battalion
1st Battalion


Squadron
HMM-162


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Negative

Original physical length
1175

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
07/05/2023

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

Digital runtime
35:01

Digital file type
video/H264