USMC 108930: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Item Description
Title
USMC 108930: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Citation information
USMC 108930: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-6-61; 10-1974.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3678

Marine Corps Library Number
8827-16

Additional identifiers
012-16-70-78; R-6-61; 10-1974

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108930

Decade
1970

Date
1978-09

Description
Marines participate in NATO joint exercises, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. In Denmark, aerial views document LVTP7s moving through ocean surf, parked on beach. On the Shetland Islands, Marines move inland and wear gas masks. in Eutin, Germany; a German amphibious recon vehicle fires 20mm gun and moves over roads. UH1N and AH1 helicopters idle. LVTP7s and LCUs sit on shore. A German freight train carries M60 tanks.

Location(s)
Denmark; Shetland Islands (Scotland); Eutin (Germany)

Camera crew
Maloney; Gibson

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Denmark section filmed 1978-09-16; Eutin, Germany section filmed 1978-09-25

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
02/16/2023

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K

Digital runtime
11:31

Digital file type
video/H264