USMC 108039: ""Solid Shield 75""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108039: ""Solid Shield 75"" Citation information USMC 108039: ""Solid Shield 75"". (122-0627-75; R-5-11; 10-1809.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3366 Marine Corps Library Number 8196-16 Additional identifiers 122-0627-75; R-5-11; 10-1809 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108039 Decade 1970 Date 1975 Description Operation Solid Shield 75 activities. An M60 tank moves on sandy road. Marines wearing camouflaged helmets board, ride, and operate PRC25 radios in LVTP7s. UH1 helicopter lands by the side of a hardtop road. Marines march down road and lay in firing positions armed with M16 rifles and M60 machine guns. LVTP7s move in column formation on sandy and muddy roads, enter a large body of shallow water. 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 1975-05-26 and 1975-06-08 Division 2nd Division Battalion 8th Battalion 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 400 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 11:27 Digital file type video/H264