USMC 108041: ""Solid Shield 75""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108041: ""Solid Shield 75"" Citation information USMC 108041: ""Solid Shield 75"". (122-0627-75; R-6-11; 10-1807.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3373 Marine Corps Library Number 8197-16 Additional identifiers 122-0627-75; R-6-11; 10-1807 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108041 Decade 1970 Date 1975 Description Operation Solid Shield 75 activities. LVTP7s move across a sandy area and cross a river. M60 tanks move on a dirt road. Marines work on, ride mechanical mule, tend to simulated wounded, and take up firing positions with M60 machine guns, 66mm M72 LAW, M16 rifles, and other weaponry. An AV8A aircraft takes off from an airstrip. Location(s) Camp Lejeune (N.C.); Onslow Beach (N.C.) Camera crew Cook (SSgt); Nelson, (Sgt); Bland, T.N. (GySgt) 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 370 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 10:29 Digital file type video/H264