Opening of the Kiel Canal

One person rows the rowboat in the middle distance, while two people sit at either end. A man walks by with a lunchbox. 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 June 20, on the occasion of the opening of the Kiel Canal by the German Kaiser Wilhelm II. Acres shot other films at the same time, but they have not survived.