USMC 108458: Operation Solid Shield 76

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108458: Operation Solid Shield 76 Citation information USMC 108458: Operation Solid Shield 76. (122-10505-02-03-76; 122-CLNC-76; R-3-12; 10-1910.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3372 Marine Corps Library Number 8531-16 Additional identifiers 122-10505-02-03-76; 122-CLNC-76; R-3-12; 10-1910 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108458 Decade 1970 Date 1976-05-12 Description Marines participate in training exercise Operation Solid Shield 76. Marines move through tall grass with M16 rifles and M60 machine guns, consider map. Marines advance over beach. LVTP7s move through water to land on the beach. Marines take prone firing positions in bushes. LVTP7s cross through an inland waterway. An OH58 helicopter in flight. M60 tanks move through bushes as Marines in camouflage double time through brush. CH53 helicopter delivers a section of a pontoon bridge. Location(s) Camp Lejeune (N.C.) Camera crew Cook, E.C. (GySgt) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed the 12th to the 22nd of May, 1976 Division 2nd Division Regiment 8th Marines Battalion 1st Battalion Squadron HMH-363 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 420 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 01/13/2023 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 12:10 Digital file type video/H264