USMC 108928: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108928: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding Citation information USMC 108928: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-5-61; 10-2198.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3677 Marine Corps Library Number 8826-16 Additional identifiers 012-16-70-78; R-5-61; 10-2198 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108928 Decade 1970 Date 1978 Description Marines participate in NATO joint exercises, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. In Germany, German children inspect a USMC UH1 helicopter. LVTP7s move through the street of a German town, on country roads, through water. USMC officers and enlisted converse in a field. The USS Francis Marion (LPA-249) moves through the water and replenishes the USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7). On the Shetland Islands, Marines prepare to leave the Shetland Islands. Jeeps and trucks board an LCU from a gravel beach. On Fehmarn Island, Germany; aerial views document of LVTP7s moving through water. Location(s) Germany; Shetland Islands (Scotland); Fehmarn Island (Germany) Camera crew Gibson; Robinson; Maloney Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) USS Guadalcanal section filmed 1978-08-25; Germany section filmed 1978-09-21 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