USMC 108475: Operation Solid Shield 76

Description: 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