USMC 108982: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

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

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video