USMC 108972: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108972: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding Citation information USMC 108972: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-27-61; 12-2132.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3706 Marine Corps Library Number 8848-16 Additional identifiers 012-16-70-78; R-27-61; 12-2132 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108972 Decade 1970 Date 1978-09 Description Marines participate in NATO joint training exercises for Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. In Germany, crewmen in the hatch of a parked M60 tank and LVTP7s perform various duties. A6As in flight extend landing gear. Aerial views of LVTP7s parked on the beach, underway through water, and aboard railroad flatcars. In Oksbol, Denmark; a freight train carries M60 tanks. Marines board a passenger train. On the Shetland Islands, a Marine carries empty ""C"" ration boxes. A Marine messenger rides a motorcycle. Location(s) Fehmarn Island (Germany); Vandel AFB (Denmark); Oksbol (Denmark); Shetland Islands (Scotland) Camera crew Johnson, P.E.; Maloney Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed throughout September 1978. Air Wing MAW-2 Air Group MAG-31 Squadron VMA-332 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 02/22/2023 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 11:18 Digital file type video/H264