# Combined fleet maneuvers ''Activity''

Ships from the Dutch, British and French navies hold joint Western European fleet exercises in the Bay of Biscay. The exercise, codenamed Activity, is under the command of Dutch Vice Admiral J.J.L. Willinge. SHOTS: - various shots of the ships - battleships, cruisers, destroyers - sailing at sea; submarines come out of the water and sail on at the surface; - Willinge observes the situation through binoculars; - signalman operates signal lamp; - various shots of aircraft of the aircraft carrier "Karel Doorman". (type "Firefly"): take-offs and landings; one of the planes crashes during the landing, loses the right wheel, remains skewed and is removed from the flight deck a moment later by a towing truck; they fly low over the water between the ships; - pilots in the briefing room talk to each other.

- Kind: Film
- By: Polygoon-Profilti (producent)
- Archive: [Europeana](https://www.europeana.eu/item/2051906/data_euscreenXL_https___www_openbeelden_nl_media_663790)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-SA 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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