USMC 108982: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108982: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding Citation information USMC 108982: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-32-61; 10-2161.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3713 Marine Corps Library Number 8853-16 Additional identifiers 012-16-70-78; R-32-61; 10-2161 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108982 Decade 1970 Date 1978-09 Description Marines participate in NATO joint training exercise, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. Jeeps and mech mules with supplies are loaded aboard USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) at Morehead City (NC). On the Shetland Islands, C6 bulldozer/tractor unloads beach matting from an LCU. An AV8A Harrier flies at low altitude. Marines sweep fields and farms. Royal Marines act as aggressors. Marines operate C6 bulldozer, roll out beach matting, and go about tasks on the dock and in the hold aboard the Pioneer Commander. 72-31 forklift with trailer moves over beach matting. 6x6 pulls 105 from LCU, moves on dirt road. Convoy preceded by German military vehicles moves on road through fog in Eutin (Germany). LVTP7s move through surf and land on Red Beach. Jeeps are unloaded from a docked ship by crane. M60 tank convoy moves through German roads. Location(s) Morehead City (N.C.); Shetland Islands (Scotland); Brunsbuttel (Germany); Eutin (Germany) Camera crew Johnson; Foskey; Leifer 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 02/22/2023 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 11:24 Digital file type video/H264