USMC 108922: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108922: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding Citation information USMC 108922: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-2-61; 12-1767.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3674 Marine Corps Library Number 8823-16 Additional identifiers 012-16-70-78; R-2-61; 12-1767 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108922 Decade 1970 Date 1978-09-22 Description Marines participate in NATO joint exercises, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. In Germany, a German LARC vehicle delivers US and foreign military VIPs to a beach from a German LCU. USMC LtGen P.D. Shutler and other Marine officers converse with foreign officers. German APCs, tanks, and recon vehicles park and move on a dirt road. A USMC M578 tracked recovery vehicle tows a German recovery vehicle. A German recovery vehicle tows a trailer with a USMC recovery vehicle. A forklift unloads cable from a flatbed truck. At Morehead City (NC), Marines load jeeps and mech mules aboard a docked LPH7, board buses. At Fairhead, Scotland; Marines stand on a hilltop. Views of the coastline. Location(s) Germany; Morehead City (N.C.); Fairhead (Scotland) Camera crew Maloney Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Morehead City section filmed 1978-08-23 Air Wing MAW-2 Air Group MAG-26 Squadron 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 02/15/2023 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 11:34 Digital file type video/H264