USMC 111487: Solid Shield '87 #72

Item Description
Title
USMC 111487: Solid Shield '87 #72

Citation information
USMC 111487: Solid Shield '87 #72. (012-16-12-87.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/6623

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
012-16-12-87

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 111487

Decade
1980

Date
1987-05

Description
Marines land via helicopter in a Honduras airfield. C53 air lifts vehicles and howitzers. Marines fast-rope to the ground. U.S. and Central American color guards and other troops participate in a flag ceremony. Vehicles board LCU-1661.

Location(s)
Honduras

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed in May 1987.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

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
05/30/2024

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

Digital runtime
29:00

Digital file type
video/H264