USMC 109004: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Description: 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