Images of resistance by women against nuclear weapons are very powerful. Photographs of protestors joining hands were especially effective in terms of the symbolism of solidarity and strength. Greenham Common Peace Camp began in September 1981 as a protest against the storage of nuclear weapons at the RAF base there. On 1 April 1983, about 70,000 protesters formed a 14-mile human chain from Greenham to Aldermaston and the ordnance factory at Burghfield. The media attention in the aftermath prompted the creation of other camps across Europe. The base was encircled in December 1983, this time by 50,000 women. Protestors cut sections of the fence and there were numerous arrests.