USMC 108475: Operation Solid Shield 76

Item Description
Title
USMC 108475: Operation Solid Shield 76

Citation information
USMC 108475: Operation Solid Shield 76. (122-0505-02-03-76; 122-CLNC-76; R-11-12; 10-1861.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3389

Marine Corps Library Number
8539-16

Additional identifiers
122-0505-02-03-76; 122-CLNC-76; R-11-12; 10-1861

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108475

Decade
1970

Date
1976-05-12

Description
Marines participate in training exercise Operation Solid Shield 76 at Camp Lejeune (N.C.). An aircraft (possibly F4) flies overhead. OV10A plane in flight. M60 tanks, LVTP7s, and Gamma Goats move over dirt roads. M60 tank crushes road block. Marines exit LVTP7. Marines with TOW weapons move in formation over roads. CH46 and UH1N helicopters land in a field. US military men and women portray refugees aboard the USS Iwo Jima. Evacuees board helicopters on land at Fort Steward (Ga.).

Location(s)
Camp Lejeune (N.C.); Fort Stewart (Ga.)

Camera crew
Boykiw; Lawrence

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


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
11:33

Digital file type
video/H264