USMC 108952: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Item Description
Title
USMC 108952: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Citation information
USMC 108952: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-17-61; 12-1769.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3690

Marine Corps Library Number
8838-16

Additional identifiers
012-16-70-78; R-17-61; 12-1769

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108952

Decade
1970

Date
1978-09

Description
Marines participate in NATO joint exercises, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. German SH3, USMC CH53 and UH1 helicopters in flight, parked, idling, and landing in Germany. German LCU delivers an M60 tank to beach (possibly on the Frisian Islands) and is seen underway. USMC M60 tank disembarks a German LCU onto a beach. CH46 helicopters in flight over bay on the Shetland Islands.

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

Camera crew
Foskey

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

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
11:19

Digital file type
video/H264