Underplayed Gems

Opening of the Kiel Canal (1895)

Opening of the Kiel Canal poster
Directed by
Birt Acres
Genre
documentary film, silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
18 min
Rating
3.0 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The film shows the opening of the Kiel Canal in Germany in 1895. It features Kaiser Wilhelm II presiding over the event.

documentary-stylehistoricalobservationalstatelyquietarchival

What happens

Opening of the Kiel Canal (also known as Inauguration of the Kiel Canal by Kaiser Wilhelm II) is an 1895 British short black-and-white silent documentary news film directed and produced by Birt Acres which documents the opening of the Kiel Canal in Germany by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 20 June 1895. It was filmed between June 1895 and July 1895. Unlike most of the films made by Birt Acres on this occasion, the video of this film survives and the original negative is held by the Science Museum in London. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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