USMC 108926: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding
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Item Description
Title
USMC 108926: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding
Citation information
USMC 108926: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-4-61; 10-2197.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
15/3676
Marine Corps Library Number
8825-16
Additional identifiers
012-16-70-78; R-4-61; 10-2197
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108926
Decade
1970
Date
1978-09
Description
Marines participate in NATO joint exercises, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. In Germany, views of trucks in their staging area. LVTP7s make a beach landing. Marines disembark LVTP7s on a beach, move over sand dunes, take prone positions. F4s park and taxi at an airfield. In Oksbol, Denmark, CH53s and AH1Js in flight. At Vandel AFB, Denmark; GP tents of MAG 20 are documented. German crewmen simulate firing exterior machine guns and main gun of Leopard 1, outfitted with Hofmann tank gunfire simulator (Diehl DARKAS 9).
Location(s)
Germany; Oksbol (Denmark); Vandel AFB (Denmark)
Camera crew
Gibson; Maloney; Johnson, P.E.
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Documentary
Film date (note)
Germany section filmed 1978-09-19; Oksbol section filmed 1978-09-16; Van Del section filmed 1978-09-14
Air Wing
MAW-2
Air Group
MAG-20
MAG-26
Squadron
VMFA-333
VMM-162
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
02/15/2023
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K
Digital runtime
11:17
Digital file type
video/H264
Title
USMC 108926: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding
Citation information
USMC 108926: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-4-61; 10-2197.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
15/3676
Marine Corps Library Number
8825-16
Additional identifiers
012-16-70-78; R-4-61; 10-2197
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108926
Decade
1970
Date
1978-09
Description
Marines participate in NATO joint exercises, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. In Germany, views of trucks in their staging area. LVTP7s make a beach landing. Marines disembark LVTP7s on a beach, move over sand dunes, take prone positions. F4s park and taxi at an airfield. In Oksbol, Denmark, CH53s and AH1Js in flight. At Vandel AFB, Denmark; GP tents of MAG 20 are documented. German crewmen simulate firing exterior machine guns and main gun of Leopard 1, outfitted with Hofmann tank gunfire simulator (Diehl DARKAS 9).
Location(s)
Germany; Oksbol (Denmark); Vandel AFB (Denmark)
Camera crew
Gibson; Maloney; Johnson, P.E.
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Documentary
Film date (note)
Germany section filmed 1978-09-19; Oksbol section filmed 1978-09-16; Van Del section filmed 1978-09-14
Air Wing
MAW-2
Air Group
MAG-20
MAG-26
Squadron
VMFA-333
VMM-162
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
02/15/2023
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K
Digital runtime
11:17
Digital file type
video/H264
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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