USMC 108938: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Item Description
Title
USMC 108938: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Citation information
USMC 108938: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-10-61; 12-1776.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3682

Marine Corps Library Number
8831-16

Additional identifiers
012-16-70-78; R-10-61; 12-1776

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108938

Decade
1970

Date
1978-09

Description
Marines participate in NATO joint exercises, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. In Germany, CH53 helicopters idle in a field, deliver a 105mm Howitzer and gun crew to a field. Marines unload a wooden box from a CH53. In Denmark, Danish Soldiers use radio equipment and binoculars while in dugout positions on a beach. USMC BGen A.M. Gray converses with Danish Army Gen. Vega on the beach. LVTP7s make a beach landing from moderately rough surf. A CH46A flies over sand dunes. A German Spahpanzer II amphibious recon vehicle moves across a grassy field.
Shetland Islands: German crewmen, Dutch Marines converse on beach, aim an 84mm recoilless fun, simulate firing 60mm mortar and carry a 9mm sub machine gun. CH53s deliver 105mm Howitzers to a field.

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

Camera crew
Gibson; Johnson, P.E.

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Shetland Islands section filmed 1978-09-09

Air Wing
MAW-2


Air Group
MAG-20
MAG-26
MAG-29


Squadron
HMH-461
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
02/16/2023

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

Digital runtime
11:32

Digital file type
video/H264