Summary
The footage, shot by Oskar Messter, shows a visit by Kaiser Wilhelm II to AG Vulcan in Stettin, one of the leading shipyards in Germany at the time. The emperor and a number of military and civilian dignitaries can be seen walking along the wharf of the yard on the occasion of the launch of the transatlantic fast steamer "Kaiser Wilhelm der Große". In his memoirs, Messter described the images as "the first good close-up of the Kaiser.
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