USMC 109024: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Item Description
Title
USMC 109024: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding

Citation information
USMC 109024: NATO Operation Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. (012-16-70-78; R-55-61; 10-2151.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3751

Marine Corps Library Number
8876-16

Additional identifiers
012-16-70-78; R-55-61; 10-2151

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 109024

Decade
1970

Date
1978-08

Description
US Marines participate in NATO joint training exercise Bold Guard/Northern Wedding. Marines aboard the USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) eat in the mess hall, move down the ladder, and watch TV. USN disk jockey works aboard the ship. USN men operate TV and controls as well as a camera. Royal Marines of the Orange Forces walk in single file, eat hot chow. Danish soldiers dig position and eat hot chow. USMC and Royal Navy commandoes observe naval gunfire from atop a hill. USN Vice Adm. W.L. McDonald and Gen. A.M. Gray prepare for a conference with foreign military personnel. Royal Navy Wessex helicopter and Gannet aircraft sit on flight deck of the HMS Ark Royal.

Location(s)
Shetland Islands (Scotland); Fairhead (Scotland)

Camera crew
Maloney; 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. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
02/24/2023

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

Digital runtime
11:29

Digital file type
video/H264

Sources

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