Seretse Khama is seen arriving in a flying boat at Southampton with his wife and child. He is starting his five year exile from Bechuanaland. It is reported that before leving Africa, Seretse came to an agreement with his uncle Tshekedi about the future chieftainship of the Bamangwato tribe.

[Son of the Bamangwato chief Sekoma II (died 1925), Khama studied law in the UK and married an Englishwoman, Ruth Williams. This marriage was strongly condemned by his uncle Tshekedi Khama, who had been regent during his minority, as contrary to tribal custom. Despite this opposition, Seretse Khama was publicly appointed the kgosi (king) of the Bangwato in June 1949. The British government refused to recognize his title and forced him to live in exile in England in 1950. Seretse and Ruth Khama were allowed to return to Bechuanaland in 1956 on condition that he renounced his claim to chieftaincy.]