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) close to the shore behind a smoke screen while another LCM is standing offshore. A long line of vehicles is on the road on the opposite side of the loch in front of some houses.
Object Details
ID: | PM8087/11 |
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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 |