Kaiser Wilhelm II is seen looking through a telescope on the deck of his namesake pre-dreadnought warship (Linienschiff) the S.M. Wilhelm II, of the Imperial Germany Navy, circa 1912. Next to him is a Korvettenkapitän (three stripes insignia) who points out something to the Kaiser. The ship's captain (kapitän zur See) smiles for the camera as he leans over a railing while holding a spyglass (telescope). Smaller boats are seen anchored in a bay, in the background.
Three motorcars are parked behind one another at a curb, in Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Platz, Berlin, Germany. Two are completely enclosed sedans. But one is a Saloon-landoulet, with open seat in the rear. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, and his wife, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, walk from that car, toward the entrance of the Königliche Bibliothek (Bebelpl. 2, 10117 Berlin, Germany) accompanied by two civilian officials. Later, Empress Augusta Victoria and Kaiser Wilhelm II emerge from its doorway. They proceed toward their motorcar. The Humboldt University building (Unter den Linden 6, 10117 Berlin, Germany) along Unter den Linden is visible in the background, with a statue of Wilhelm von Humboldt in front of it.
Austro-Hungarian archduke Franz Ferdinand meets and enjoys animated conversation with his friend Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany, in a park in Vienna, Austria. Both are dressed in similar outfits and carry canes. (Note: opening slate refers to Wilhelm I. It should read Wilhelm II.)
The airship LZ13 "Hansa," in July 1912, being backed out of her hangar in Hamburg and readied for flight by ground crews . Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin seen with an officer of the crew, in the passenger compartment (called the "Coupé") of the LZ-13. View of the crowds below waving to the Count. A separate sequence, from June , 1909, shows the damaged airship, LZ 5, after she hit a pear tree near Göppingen, on the return leg of a flight from Lake Constance (Bodensee) to Bitterfeld and back.
Dornier Do J 'Wal' flying boat catapults from ship deck. Pilot, in bowler hat, seated between and behind wheels (underneath wing and engine) in an early Breguet aircraft, circa 1912, in France.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, who were good friends, are seen in animated conversation at a park in Vienna, Austria. They walk together down a slope from a path. A bicycle leans against a tree on the path. A photographer with camera on tripod is ready to record the event. The two imperial friends are dressed alike, in similar coats and hats. They both wear daggers and carry canes. Their conversation is quite animated.