Kaiser Wilhelm II. beim Besuche der Vulkan-Werft in Stettin am 4. Mai 1897

This film shot by Oskar Messter shows a visit by Wilhelm II the AG Vulcan in Szczecin, one of the then leading shipyards in Germany. On display are the Emperor and some military and civil dignitaries, who walk on the landing stage of the factory site on the occasion of the launch of the transatlantic speed steamer "Kaiser Wilhelm the Great" a group of spectators. In his memoirs Messter has described the motion picture as "the first good close-up of the Emperor."

Directed by Oskar Messter

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Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany

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