USMC 108922: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

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