USMC 108956: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Item Description
Title
USMC 108956: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Citation information
USMC 108956: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-19-61; 12-2124.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3693

Marine Corps Library Number
8840-16

Additional identifiers
012-16-70-78; R-19-61; 12-2124

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108956

Decade
1970

Date
1978-09

Description
Marines participate in NATO joint exercises, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. USN Rear Admiral participates in welcoming ceremony for USS Francis Marion (LPA-249). USMC Col. Volt takes part in shore party for change of command ceremonies on dock. Marines disembark LPA-249. LVTP7s underway to beach, LCUs and LCMs underway through water. Inside GP tent, Marines consult maps and operate radios. CH46 and CH53 helicopters in flight. LVTC7, GP tent, 6x6 trucks, Gamma Goat and jeeps underneath camouflaged netting. Marines walk near LVTP7s on railroad flatcars.

Location(s)
Shetland Islands (Scotland); Eutin (Germany); Fehmarn Island (Germany); Oksbol (Denmark)

Camera crew
Maloney; Gibson; Johnson, P.E.

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
11:35

Digital file type
video/H264

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video