USMC 108984: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108984: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding Citation information USMC 108984: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-33-61; 12-2105.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3714 Marine Corps Library Number 8854-16 Additional identifiers 012-16-70-78; R-33-61; 12-2105 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108984 Decade 1970 Date 1978-09 Description Marines participate in NATO joint training exercise, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. M60 tank convoy moves through German streets. M60 tanks, jeeps, 6x6 trucks gather in a field. CH53 and CH46 helicopters prepare to land in a field. Marines disembark CH46 and double time, get into prone firing positions. Marines set up 105 Howitzer. CH53 carries 105 Howitzer by sling. AN/TSG-70A radar in operation. At Vandel AFB (Denmark), A6A and F4J sit parked. A UH1N helicopter lands. German Spahspanzer II 8x8 Armored Amphibious Reconnaissance vehicle moves over roads and navigates open fields. Marines eat ""C"" rations aboard docked ship in Brunsbuttel, Germany (9/5/78). 6x6 trucks in assembly area. Location(s) Eutin (Germany); Fehmarn Island (Germany); Brunsbuttel (Germany); Vandel AFB (Denmark) Camera crew Gibson; Liefer 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 11:29 Digital file type video/H264