USMC 108470: Operation Solid Shield 76

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108470: Operation Solid Shield 76 Citation information USMC 108470: Operation Solid Shield 76. (122-0505-02-03-76; 122-CLNC-76; R-9-12; 10-2093.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3386 Marine Corps Library Number 8537-16 Additional identifiers 122-0505-02-03-76; 122-CLNC-76; R-9-12; 10-2093 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108470 Decade 1970 Date 1976-05-17 Description Marines participate in training exercise Operation Solid Shield 76. A UH1 helicopter lands in a field. Marines with gas masks double time over mud near river, prepare 60mm mortar. Marines question simulated ""aggressors"". OH58 and UH1 helicopters in flight. LVTP7s cross river, move on dirt roads. Civilian photographer takes pictures of Marines. M60 tanks and LVTP7s move through a field. CH53 helicopter delivers sections of pontoon bridge. Engineers assemble the pontoon bridge. Location(s) Camp Lejeune (N.C.) Camera crew Boykiw Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Division 2nd Division Regiment 8th Marines Battalion 1st 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 380 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 10:40 Digital file type video/H264