USMC 108035: ""Solid Shield 75""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108035: ""Solid Shield 75"" Citation information USMC 108035: ""Solid Shield 75"". (122-0627-75; R-3-11; 12-1835.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3360 Marine Corps Library Number 8194-16 Additional identifiers 122-0627-75; R-3-11; 12-1835 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108035 Decade 1970 Date 1975-05-26 Description Operation Solid Shield 75 training exercises. An OV10 aicraft flies overhead. Marines, most armed with M16 rifles, prepare 60mm mortar, use a radio, and dress in field. LVTP7s move down a dirt road. Marines prepare ""C"" rations atop the turret of a heavily camouflaged M60 tank and on the ground. M60 tanks move across dirt road. Marines march over road carrying an M72 66mm LAAW and M60 machine gun. LVTP7 moves through water. CH46 helicopter in flight. USN ship lays a smoke screen. Marines, LVTP7s, and M578 full tracked recovery vehicle move up beach. Location(s) Camp Lejeune (N.C.) Camera crew Cook (SSgt) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Equipment tests Film date (note) Filmed between the 26th of May to the 8th of June 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 11/15/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 10:59 Digital file type video/H264