USMC 108926: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108926: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding Citation information USMC 108926: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-4-61; 10-2197.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3676 Marine Corps Library Number 8825-16 Additional identifiers 012-16-70-78; R-4-61; 10-2197 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108926 Decade 1970 Date 1978-09 Description Marines participate in NATO joint exercises, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. In Germany, views of trucks in their staging area. LVTP7s make a beach landing. Marines disembark LVTP7s on a beach, move over sand dunes, take prone positions. F4s park and taxi at an airfield. In Oksbol, Denmark, CH53s and AH1Js in flight. At Vandel AFB, Denmark; GP tents of MAG 20 are documented. German crewmen simulate firing exterior machine guns and main gun of Leopard 1, outfitted with Hofmann tank gunfire simulator (Diehl DARKAS 9). Location(s) Germany; Oksbol (Denmark); Vandel AFB (Denmark) Camera crew Gibson; Maloney; Johnson, P.E. Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Germany section filmed 1978-09-19; Oksbol section filmed 1978-09-16; Van Del section filmed 1978-09-14 Air Wing MAW-2 Air Group MAG-20 MAG-26 Squadron VMFA-333 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 11:17 Digital file type video/H264