USMC 108991: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Item Description
Title
USMC 108991: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Citation information
USMC 108991: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-37-61; 12-2138.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3720

Marine Corps Library Number
8858-16

Additional identifiers
012-16-70-78; R-37-61; 12-2138

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108991

Decade
1970

Date
1978-08

Description
Marines prepare to deploy for NATO joint exercises, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. Gen. A.M. Gray inspects the 10th Marines at Camp Lejeune (NC). Marines, jeeps with TOW weapons, and M60 tanks stand ready for inspection. USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) pulls out from Radio Island, Morehead City. Marines rest on the docks as they wait to board USS Spartanburg County (LST-1192) and USS Manitowoc (LST-1180). M60 tanks board docked LST. Convoy enters Morehead city ship terminal. Flatbed trucks carry communications shelters aboard docked AKR USNS Meteor. M60 tanks board AKR. Marines walk on dock area and board USS Raleigh (LPD-1).

Location(s)
Camp Lejeune (N.C.); Morehead City (N.C.)

Camera crew
Ortiz (Sgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Division
2nd Division


Regiment
10th Marines


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
405

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
02/22/2023

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

Digital runtime
11:05

Digital file type
video/H264

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video