USMC 108968: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108968: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding Citation information USMC 108968: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-25-61; 12-2130.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3703 Marine Corps Library Number 8846-16 Additional identifiers 012-16-70-78; R-25-61; 12-2130 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108968 Decade 1970 Date 1978-09-15 Description Marines participate in NATO join exercise, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. In Germany, a convoy of M60 tanks and LVTP7s, jeeps and TOW weapons move over dirt roads. On the Shetland Isles, Marines disembark CH46 helicopter, move on roads, simulate loading a 155 towed Howitzer. Foreign jets deploy smoke/gas. At Oksbol (Denmark), War game umpires receive briefing. Tug boats dock the USS Francis Marion (LPA-249) and tow AKR Meteor. British MK25 Buccaneer and Royal Navy F4 planes take off from British aircraft carrier, HMS Ark Royal (R07). Reconnaissance Marines inflate rubber boat from deck of the USS Austin (LPD-4). Location(s) Shetland Islands (Scotland); Eutin (Germany); Brunsbuttel (Germany); Oksbol (Denmark) Camera crew Maloney; Ringuette, A.J.; Foskey 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 405 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 11:27 Digital file type video/H264