USMC 109004: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Item Description
Title
USMC 109004: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Citation information
USMC 109004: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-43-61; 10-2176.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3731

Marine Corps Library Number
8864-16

Additional identifiers
012-16-70-78; R-43-61; 10-2176

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 109004

Decade
1970

Date
1978-09

Description
Marines participate in NATO joint training and exercises, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. Aerial views document USS Truckee (AO-147 refueling USS Sumter (LST-1181) while underway alongside USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20). The USS Luce (DDG-38), U.S.S Julius A. Furer (FFG-6), USS A.W. Radford destroyer (DD-968), USS Raleigh (LPD-1), USS Austin (LPD-4), USS Sumpter, USS La Moure County (LST-1194) underway. A Royal Navy Wessex helicopter lands on the Royal Navy HMS Fife (D20). A Royal Navy Ganet, twin propelled engine anti-submarine warfare aircraft, starts engine and takes off as well as lands on an Royal Navy aircraft carrier. Royal Navy Buccaneer S Mk 2B twin engine jet strike aircraft takes off from deck of a Royal Navy aircraft carrier. Royal Navy F4 takes off. Foreign jet deploys gas/smoke. On the Shetland Islands, Marines walk in single file over roads with gas masks. Marines cover LVTP7s in camouflage netting.

Location(s)
Unknown; Shetland Islands (Scotland)

Camera crew
Foskey

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
02/23/2023

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

Digital runtime
11:30

Digital file type
video/H264