USMC 107260: ""Operation Solid Punch""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 107260: ""Operation Solid Punch"" Citation information USMC 107260: ""Operation Solid Punch"". (2D-16-122-1014-72; R-2-3; 55-1028.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/2810 Marine Corps Library Number 7597-16 Additional identifiers 2D-16-122-1014-72; R-2-3; 55-1028 MIRC inventory no. USMC 107260 Decade 1970 Date 1972-10-29 Description #22 Marine Amphibious Assault Unit participates in Operation Solid Punch. LVTP5s is partially camouflaged. AH1J helicopter, AV8A aircraft hovers and lands. AV8 pilot exits the cockpit. Marines march, armed with M16 rifles. A Catholic service is held, the hood of a jeep is used as an altar. Marines sit within a parked LVTP. CH53 helicopters land and Marines disembark. Marines wave astride a LVTP7 as it rolls along a dirt road. OV10 and A4E aircraft in flight. Location(s) Fort Stewart (Ga.) Camera crew Bland Jr., T.N. (GySgt) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) to the 30th of October Division 2nd Division 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 390 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 10/11/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 10:56 Digital file type video/H264