USMC 109006: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Description: Item Description Title USMC 109006: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding Citation information USMC 109006: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-44-61; 10-2175.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3734 Marine Corps Library Number 8865-16 Additional identifiers 012-16-70-78; R-44-61; 10-2175 MIRC inventory no. USMC 109006 Decade 1970 Date 1978-09 Description Marines participate in NATO training exercise, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. On the Shetland Islands, 6x6 trucks disembark a beached LCU. At Vandel AFB, A6A aircraft from Marine Air Group 20 park. Ground crew work on F4 and A6 planes. Marines ride aboard a passenger train from Denmark to Germany, play chess, converse, sleep, and look out the window. A Marine shaves in a field. Marines walk through mud and receive hot chow. NATO officers exit tent. An LVTR7 pulls a 6x6 truck from the mud. Location(s) Shetland Islands (Scotland); Vandel AFB (Denmark); Oksbol (Denmark); Germany Camera crew Gibson; Foskey Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Air Wing MAW-3 Air Group MAG-20 Squadron VMFP-3 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 406 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 11:26 Digital file type video/H264