"BACK FROM THE BOER WAR! The 12th Lancers, who are the last to return home from South Africa, disembarking." (11). The deck of the transport ship `German' (?); baggage being unloaded via nets. Troops mill about on deck (20). Troops disembarking via a gangplank (40). MS of troops passing down rifles (46). Loading kit bags onto a train (61). "PORT TALBOT. SINKING IN THE SAND. The wreck of the steamer "BROADHEAD" at Port Talbot South Wales." (72). LS of the ship beached on the sands seen from the stern. The name of the ship reads `Brodland' (89). Pan right from bow to stern (110). View from bow (122). Closer view of the ship as water pours from the decks (132). "BOAT RACE PRACTICE. The Oxford Crew row the full course, in fine style." (142). Crew in boat pushed away from river bank and begin rowing (180). Rowing along the river (194). "ROME. VICTORIOUS ITALIAN TROOPS. Upon their return from Tripoli, have their flags decorated by the King of Italy." (205). A large square in Rome. Troops bearing flags march up a set of steps. People are crowded into the square and on the roof tops (221). The flags, one by one, are presented to King Victor Emmanuel III who decorates them (265). "POLAR HEROES. Captain Scott and his party on the "Terra Nova" leaving Cardiff on their ill-fated expedition (279). Ships in dock (288). A tug pulls the `Terra Nova' out of the dock past a crowd-lined quayside (318ft).