USMC 108976: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108976: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding Citation information USMC 108976: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-29-61; 12-2134.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3708 Marine Corps Library Number 8850-16 Additional identifiers 012-16-70-78; R-29-61; 12-2134 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108976 Decade 1970 Date 1978-09 Description Marines participate in NATO joint training and exercises, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. Aerial views of German landing craft underway as it carries M60 tanks to shore. At Oksbol, M103-type Danish tanks move over beach. Danish tank crewman aims a .50 caliber machine gun. Marines move quickly through sands and navigate barbed wire. Marine with an M16 rifle carries an M71 LAAW. On the Sheltland Islands, a floating causeway ferries Royal Marine jeeps and trucks to shore. USMC CH46 helicopters delivers British 105 light field gun and British 1-ton truck. German officer briefs Marine officers. In Vandel, Denmark; ground crewmen prepare RF4B and camera for flight. Marines converse with Danish soldiers. Location(s) Denmark; Shetland Islands (Scotland); Vandel AFB (Denmark) Camera crew Foskey; Boykiw, R.A. III (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 11:23 Digital file type video/H264