USMC 108941: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Item Description
Title
USMC 108941: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Citation information
USMC 108941: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-12-16; 12-1771.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3684

Marine Corps Library Number
8833-16

Additional identifiers
012-16-70-78; R-12-16; 12-1771

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108941

Decade
1970

Date
1978-09

Description
Marines participate in NATO joint exercises, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. LVTP7s make a beach landing in Germany, cross a dirt field. Aerial views document CH53 helicopters in flight and landing in a grassy field. Marines disembark CH53s in field and disembark LVTP7s on a beach. Marines receive pay. CH46s and CH53s rest on an airstrip. In Denmark, LVTP7s load aboard railroad flatcars. Marines move single-file through Danish streets. Marine and German Military Police look at a map.

Location(s)
Germany; Denmark

Camera crew
Maloney

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Germany section filmed 1978-09-19

Air Group
MAG-20


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
02/20/2023

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

Digital runtime
11:37

Digital file type
video/H264