USMC 108924: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108924: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding Citation information USMC 108924: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-3-61; 12-1784.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3675 Marine Corps Library Number 8824-16 Additional identifiers 012-16-70-78; R-3-61; 12-1784 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108924 Decade 1970 Date 1978-09-06 Description Marines participate in NATO joint exercises, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. In Fairhead, Scotland; Marines move on a hilltop. In Germany aerial views document CH46s in flight, troops disembarking CH46s in a field. A German LCU backs from a beach. Views of Hawk Missile Battery and LVTP7s along the beach. CH46s and CH53s idle and park in a field. On the Shetland Islands, Dutch Marines string barbed wire. Trucks and jeeps leave their staging area. Location(s) Fairhead (Scotland); Germany; Shetland Islands (Scotland) Camera crew Maloney; Johnson, P.E. Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Shetland Island section filmed 1978-09-09 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 11:20 Digital file type video/H264