USMC 108974: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108974: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding Citation information USMC 108974: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-28-61; 12-2133.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3707 Marine Corps Library Number 8849-16 Additional identifiers 012-16-70-78; R-28-61; 12-2133 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108974 Decade 1970 Date 1978-09 Description Marines participate in NATO joint training and exercises, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. Jeeps with trailer sits aboard a beached LCU. LVTP7s move underway through water. Marines tighten guide ropes on a GP tent and shave outdoors. AN/TPS-32 and AN/TPS-22 radar antennas in operation. Royal Marines lay beach matting with front end loader, use net to camouflage a 105mm light Howitzer. Marines take firing positions, double time through smoke. As a part of phase II (Northern Wedding), USMC CH46 helicopter delivers a British 105mm light Howtizer and British one ton truck by sling. Royal Marines engage in combat simulation. Royal Marine AH1 Scout and Wessex-type helicopters in flight. Location(s) Fehmarn Island (Germany); Shetland Islands (Scotland) Camera crew Maloney; Foskey; Boykiw, R.A. (Cpl) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed throughout September 1978. 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 11:28 Digital file type video/H264