Opening of the Kiel Canal
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This was one of a series of actuality films made by the Victorian pioneer Birt Acres during 1895. The film is thought to have been shot on the occasion of the opening of the Kiel Canal by the German Kaiser Wilhelm II.
The original negative of Opening of the Kiel Canal is held by the Science Museum.