No credits available. Titles show dates only - probable that a commentary was intended to be read alongside film. Depicts the history of the mission ships used by the London Missionary Society in the Pacific islands and Papua, from the beginning of the mission's history (The Camden, The Messenger of Peace, The Duff), through the line of John Williams ships. Part one documents the history to 1929, using still images from the archives and moving footage of the John Williams IV; part two features moving footage of the John Williams V and VI.