USMC 108037: ""Solid Shield 75""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108037: ""Solid Shield 75"" Citation information USMC 108037: ""Solid Shield 75"". (122-0627-75; R-4-11; 10-1821.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3364 Marine Corps Library Number 8195-16 Additional identifiers 122-0627-75; R-4-11; 10-1821 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108037 Decade 1970 Date 1975-05-26 Description Operation Solid Shield 75 training exercises. CH53 helicopters descend and Marines disembark. Marines with camouflaged helmets and M16 rifles, M79, M60 machine guns, and M72 LAAW march and lie in wait along the side of the road. A civilian operates a tractor in his field. Marines engage in a simulated combat exercise with smoke and rest in the shade. Marines exit LVTP7s and push a mech mule with 106mm R.R. attachment. An M60 tank is ferried across a river. Marines carry simulated injured. Location(s) Camp Lejeune (N.C.) Camera crew Cook (SSgt) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed between the 26th of May to the 8th of June Division 2nd Division Battalion 8th Battalion Squadron HMH-362 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 395 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 11:11 Digital file type video/H264