USMC 109009: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Item Description
Title
USMC 109009: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Citation information
USMC 109009: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-46-61; 10-2182.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3737

Marine Corps Library Number
8867-16

Additional identifiers
012-16-70-78; R-46-61; 10-2182

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 109009

Decade
1970

Date
1978-09

Description
Marines participate in NATO training exercise, Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. On the Shetland Islands, CH53 and AH1J helicopters in flight. Marines ride motorcycles and stand on a gravel beach with flotation gear. Marines move near and atop sand dunes set up and aim Dragon Weapon. Marines eat ""C"" rations. A bulldozer pushes LCU from gravel beach, CH46 helicopter takes off from a field. LVTP7 tows another LVTP7. Aerial views document Vandel AFB, the countryside, and MAG20 tent city. Jeeps and Marines on motorcycles board beached LCU in Hillswitck.

Location(s)
Shetland Islands (Scotland); Vandel AFB (Denmark); Hillswick (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
402

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
11:24

Digital file type
video/H264

Sources

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