USMC 108996: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Item Description
Title
USMC 108996: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Citation information
USMC 108996: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-39-61; 10-2184.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3724

Marine Corps Library Number
8860-16

Additional identifiers
012-16-70-78; R-39-61; 10-2184

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108996

Decade
1970

Date
1978-08

Description
Marines prepare for deployment for NATO training exercises Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. Freight train carriers M60 tanks and LVTP7s. Marines stand at attention for inspection. Marines cross gangplank at Morehead City. At Camp Lejeuene, Marines load seabags aboard a civilian bus. Marines listen to Gen. A.M. Gray speak from podium. Crewmen sit atop parked LVTP7s on Onslow Beach. 6x6 boards docked AKR USNS Meteor at Morehead City. A crane loads ""C"" rations aboard ship. Marines board LSTs USS Spartanburg County (LST-1192) and USS Manitowoc (LST-1180).

Location(s)
Camp Lejeune (N.C.); Morehead City (N.C.); Onslow Beach (N.C.)

Camera crew
Wilson; Glenn

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Division
2nd Division


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
02/23/2023

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K

Digital runtime
11:21

Digital file type
video/H264

Sources

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