USMC 108954: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108954: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding Citation information USMC 108954: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-18-61; 12-1786.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3691 Marine Corps Library Number 8839-16 Additional identifiers 012-16-70-78; R-18-61; 12-1786 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108954 Decade 1970 Date 1978-09 Description Marines participate in NATO joint exercises, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. CH46 helicopters in flight, landing. Marines disembark CH46 onto field. CH53 lands on hilltop, flies over anchored foreign ships in bay. A USN Rear Admiral greets USMC Gen. Alfred M. Gray. Gen. Gray speaks with US and foreign military personnel. Marines disembark CH464 helicopters, march through streets and fields. Marines prepare and aim a Dragon weapon, wear gas masks, aim TOW weapon from a jeep. Marines aim and fire M16 rifles with BFA attachment from prone positions, use branches and a net to camouflage 105 Howitzer. Location(s) Shetland Islands (Scotland); Germany Camera crew Foskey; Maloney Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary 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 11:32 Digital file type video/H264