USMC 108461: Operation Solid Shield 76

Item Description
Title
USMC 108461: Operation Solid Shield 76

Citation information
USMC 108461: Operation Solid Shield 76. (122-0505-02-03-76; 122-CLNC-76; R-4-12; 10-2119.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3374

Marine Corps Library Number
8532-16

Additional identifiers
122-0505-02-03-76; 122-CLNC-76; R-4-12; 10-2119

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108461

Decade
1970

Date
1976-05-12

Description
Marines participate in training exercise Operation Solid Shield 76. CH53 helicopter delivers sections of a pontoon bridge. Marines of the 8th Engineering Battalion assemble to bridge. LVTP7s and M60 tanks move over dirt roads. Marines disembark CH46 in a field. Marines camouflage LVTP7s with netting. CH46, AH1J, and OV10 aircraft in flight.

Location(s)
Camp Lejeune (N.C.)

Camera crew
Cook

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
filmed from the 12th to the 22nd of May, 1976

Division
2nd Division


Battalion
8th Engineering Battalion


Squadron
HMH-364


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
01/18/2023

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K

Digital runtime
11:36

Digital file type
video/H264