USMC 107856: Operation Solid Shield 74

Description: Item Description Title USMC 107856: Operation Solid Shield 74 Citation information USMC 107856: Operation Solid Shield 74. (Q-012-16-30-74; R-2-7; 12-1850.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3211 Marine Corps Library Number 8049-16 Additional identifiers Q-012-16-30-74; R-2-7; 12-1850 MIRC inventory no. USMC 107856 Decade 1970 Date 1974 Description Operation Solid Shield 74 activities aboard the USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7). A CH53A helicopter lands on the flight deck. USN Sailors carry injured Marines on stretchers from a CH46A helicopter. CH53As and CH46As take off. An AV8A aircraft makes a vertical landing. Marines board a CH53A. An AH1J helicopter in flight and lands. Location(s) Camp Lejeune (N.C.) Camera crew Christopherson, D.K. Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed between 1974-05 and 1974-06 Air Wing MAW-2 Air Group MAG-26 Squadron VMM-362 VMM-263 HMLA-269 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 415 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 11/10/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 11:51 Digital file type video/H264