USMC 109002: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Item Description
Title
USMC 109002: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Citation information
USMC 109002: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-42-61; 10-2177.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3729

Marine Corps Library Number
8863-16

Additional identifiers
012-16-70-78; R-42-61; 10-2177

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 109002

Decade
1970

Date
1978

Description
Marines participate in NATO joint training and exercises, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. USMC Maj. speaks over a microphone at the Hamburg Airport in Germany. USMC LtCol. Austin shakes hands with German officers. German military band plays instruments. Marines receive promotion documents from Gen. A.M. Grey. Gen. Grey and other USMC officers give a briefing within below deck of a ship. A flight deck crew member directs a UH1N helicopter to land on the USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7). MajGen. Gregory Corliss boards CH46 helicopter on the flight deck of the USS Guadalcanal at sea. The USS Seattle (AOE-3) refuels the USS Guadalcanal. Aerial views of the USS Truckee (AO-147) as it prepares to fuel USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) at sea.

Location(s)
Hamburg (Germany)

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
02/23/2023

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

Digital runtime
11:36

Digital file type
video/H264

Sources

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