USMC 111069: Exercise Solid Shield '85

Description: Item Description Title USMC 111069: Exercise Solid Shield '85 Citation information USMC 111069: Exercise Solid Shield '85. (012-16-004-85.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/6459 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 Additional identifiers 012-16-004-85 MIRC inventory no. USMC 111069 Decade 1980 Date 1985-05-06 Description Film includes various footage from Exercise Solid Shield '85, conducted mostly at Camp Lejeune. Military personnel and civilians gather on bleachers. Marines conduct an amphibious assault landing exercise at Onslow Beach. AAVs approach the beach and move ashore. LCU1653 and two LCM8s carrying tanks move across water. A TC4 Academe of VMAT(AW)-202 takes off at an airfield. A UH1 Huey hovers. Various planes fly and take off. A KC130J of VMGR-234 taxis on a runway as CH46 Sea Knights fly overhead and land. Flight operations possibly filmed at Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, S.C. Footage of dock operations at Port of Morehead City, N.C. Marines move cargo with a forklift and lift a boat and other vehicles onto ships. Trucks move in a line on the dock. Troops board a ship with gear on their backs and salute Navy personnel. Unidentified ship 12 sits at the dock. USS Saginaw (LST-1188)'s ramp extends from its bow onto the dock while USS Fairfax County (LST-1193) sits alongside. Location(s) Camp Lejeune (N.C.); Onslow Beach (N.C.); Morehead City (N.C.) Camera crew Garcia Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed on May 6, 1985. Air Wing MAW-4 Air Group MAG-41 Squadron VMAT(AW)-202 VMGR-234 Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Positive Original physical length 778 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 07/21/2023 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 21:56 Digital file type video/H264