USMC 109009: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Description: 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