USMC 108966: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108966: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding Citation information USMC 108966: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-24-61; 12-2129.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3702 Marine Corps Library Number 8845-16 Additional identifiers 012-16-70-78; R-24-61; 12-2129 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108966 Decade 1970 Date 1978-09 Description Marines participate in NATO training exercise, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. USN RAdm. makes a speech and is escorted by the Mayor of Brunsbuttel. NATO military and civilian personnel as well as members of the press observe beach landings. LVTP7s make beach landings, move over fields. Marines in prone firing positions. Jeeps with TOW weapons move on the deck of LPH. Helicopter takes off from USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7). Aerial views of anchored LPH-7. CH53 helicopter in flight and takes off from LPH-7. German Spahpanzer 8x8 amphibious reconnaissance vehicles fire armament while moving over hardtop roads and maneuver through fields. Convoy of 155 self-propelled Howitzers, full track recovery vehicles, jeeps, and 6x6 trucks move and park over rain soaked hardtop road. Marines board 6x6 trucks. Location(s) Brunsbuttel (Germany); Fehmarn Island (Germany) Camera crew Liefer; Boykin, R.A. 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 02/17/2023 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 11:22 Digital file type video/H264