A visit of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and Queen Victoria on U.S. cruiser Memphis in the United States. U.S. Ambassador Hammond, Mrs. Haamond, U.S. Navy Captain R. D. White and U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Roger Welles pose on the deck of U.S. cruiser Memphis. King Alfonso talks to two U.S. sailors of Spanish descent. The sailors salute a boat going away from the ship. King George V of the United Kingdom aboard a U.S. ship.
Opening slate states: "The Railroad Strike, Scenes at the London Terminal and at the overcrowded bus and tram routes." People are seen walking about in a London train station after World War 1. Baggage is piled up on one section of a platform. Army officers climb onto an open car filled with luggage, and wave as they drive away. A large queue of people is seen at a bus station, where double decked buses are loading and discharging passengers. Women board a horse-drawn wagon as an alternate way of traveling. Back at the train station, Army officers help a woman from a car and then climb aboard it themselves with their luggage. A family sits atop a flat railway cart with luggage underneath. More views of too many people trying to get on too few buses. Scene shifts to Piccadilly Circus where pedestrians walk near the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain and the Criterion Theater.
German submarines taken as war prizes by Britain after World War I. A British official is taken by boat to inspect the submarines. Accompanied by British Naval offiers, he steps walks along the deck of the German submarine, U-9, pointing to its identifying letters. He poses with the officers. Visible behind them is the British submarine, L-15. (Note: The German U-boat, U-9, was surrendered on November 26, 1918 and broken up at Morecambe, England, in 1919.)
Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC) members in session of Tug of war training for inter service championship. Women team members pull rope. A barrel is hung from a tree by the rope.
People celebrate in Great Britain. A large crowd gathers and cheers British soldiers returning home following the armistice ending World War One. Flags flutter on decorated flag poles. Buildings along a side of the street. A sign on the building reads: 'Victoria Cafe'. In Germany, soldiers march along the street. Decorated carriages pass. Soldiers on horses pass on the street with flags. A statue on the street.
King George V on horseback in London. Very brief view of King George V and Queen Mary, disembarking from a ship. Queen mary is starting up the gangplank, while King George stands near a British Admiral.Other passengers are seen on deck. Gordon Highlanders on parade in field. Edward, Prince of Wales, Colonel-in-Chief , is seen in Highlander uniform, standing with the Regiment's Colonel, reviewing the parade.