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
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