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 across the loch showing an LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) and two other craft on the loch. Two Westland Wessex or Sikorsky SH-34 Seabat helicopters are in flight. A long line of vehicles is on the road in front of some houses on the far side of the loch.

Object Details

ID: PM8088/13
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