USMC 108934: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108934: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding Citation information USMC 108934: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-8-61; 12-1764.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3680 Marine Corps Library Number 8829-16 Additional identifiers 012-16-70-78; R-8-61; 12-1764 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108934 Decade 1970 Date 1978-09 Description Marines participate in NATO joint exercises, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. In Germany, a Marine looks out the window of a German railroad train. Marines work with rubber boats, PRC77 and PRC47 radios on the deck of the USS Austin (LPD-4). The USS Mount Whitney moves through rough sea. On Fehmarn Island, LVTP7s make beach landings. Marines disembark LVTP7s, double time, take prone firing positions in a field, fire blanks from M60 machine guns. F4s fly low over farmland. In Eutin (Germany), A German Sphapanzer II amphibious recon vehicle maneuvers on dirt and hardtop roads, in a field and on a hill. Location(s) Germany; Fehmarn Island (Germany); Eutin (Germany) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Eutin, Germany section filmed 1978-09-02 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 02/16/2023 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 11:27 Digital file type video/H264