NATO amphibious exercise Northern Wedding in the Shetland Islands
A general view of the shore at the head 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 inland at the head of the loch showing a light helicopter on the ground with a large number of U.S. Marines kneeling in a line or moving inland. Spectators' motor cars are on the road close to the landing area.
Object Details
ID: | PM8087/12 |
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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 |