USMC 111080: Operation Solid Shield 1987

Item Description
Title
USMC 111080: Operation Solid Shield 1987

Citation information
USMC 111080: Operation Solid Shield 1987. (012-16-12-87; R3-6.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/6624

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
012-16-12-87; R3-6

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 111080

Decade
1980

Date
1987

Description
Footage of various activities during Operation Solid Shield 1987. Flight operations aboard a ship at sea. A CH46 Sea Knight lands on deck and troops disembark. LtGen. Alfred M. Gray speaks with an unidentified Navy officer. LVTP7s come ashore in an amphibious landing exercise at Camp Lejeune. A convoy of M60 tanks, Jeeps, and trucks travel down a road. Vehicles cross a river on a floating bridge. Troops tend to Marines with simulated leg and torso wounds. A Marine uses hand signals to guide an LCM toward shore. Troops load LVTP7s onto a flatbed.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
Turner, K. P.

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed in 1987.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
800

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
24:15

Digital file type
video/H264