USMC 108948: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108948: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding Citation information USMC 108948: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-15-61; 12-1768.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3687 Marine Corps Library Number 8836-16 Additional identifiers 012-16-70-78; R-15-61; 12-1768 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108948 Decade 1970 Date 1978-09 Description Marines participate in NATO joint exercises, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. Marines and an M60 tank a docked LST. LVTP7s move through the surf. On the Shetland Islands, CH53, CHA46A, and UH1N helicopters are seen in flight. Sheep graze and civilians observe military activity. M60 tanks are loaded aboard a railroad flat car. In Brunsbuttel, Germany, a German Spahpanzer II (also known as a Scout Armored Car ""Lynx"") 8x8 amphibious reconnaissance vehicle operates props and splash shield. A German officer gives briefing to Marines about Sp�hpanzer II. A convoy including 155 self-propelled Howitzer recovery vehicles, jeeps, and 6x6 trucks move over hardtop roads. Marines march along sidewalk in a German town. Location(s) Shetland Islands (Scotland); Brunsbuttel (Germany) Camera crew Johnson, P.E.; Gibson, J. Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed throughout September 1978 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 11:13 Digital file type video/H264