NATO amphibious exercise Northern Wedding in the Shetland Islands

A general view of an unidentified loch in the Shetland Islands being used for amphibious landings by a task force of nine United States warships during the NATO exercise Northern Wedding. The photographer is on shore looking towards the head of the loch showing an LCM (landing craft mechanized) approaching the shore behind a smoke screen. A long line of vehicles is on the road on the opposite side of the loch in front of some houses.

Object Details

ID: PM8087/10
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Date made: September 1978
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm