A large crowd of spectators gather to witness the launch of the 34000 ton ship Mauretania in Birkenhead, England. (This was the second ship RMS Mauretania.) Dignitaries at the ship yard perform the ceremonies as the crowd watches. People stand on the deck and the bow of ship leaning to watch the ceremony. The ship slides down into the Mersey River.
First boatload of 200 German Jewish refugee children from Germany via Holland arrives at Harwich in England. Refugee children and women disembark on the ramp of a ship named 'Prague' at the Parkeston Bay. An officer talks to them and gives them identification tokens. Photographers take photos of refugees arrived. Few adults with children. The ship Prague anchored at the harbor. Refugees get into a bus. The Double Decker bus drives away. Banner Truman's Beer written on the side of the bus. The refugees leave bus and enter the quarters carrying their luggage.
German Jewish refugee children from Germany arrived via Holland at a camp in Harwich, England. Refugees play game of table tennis as others watch at the refugee camp. Boys near the table watch the match closely. Women with refugee serial number token hanging from their necks play table tennis as others watch.
German Jewish refugee children from Germany arrived via Holland at a camp in Harwich, England. Woman puts food in a plate as refugees dine together at a large mess. Jewish children sitting on dining table dine together. Jewish women and men at the dining mess talk to each other. Children dine and a maid walks by their table.
Joseph Kennedy American Ambassador to Britain at his office in London as Douglas Jenkins, Head of Administrative Department comes and they discuss an important matter. Jenkins leaves and Joseph goes through some cables and speaks over the phone. Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovakian Minister to London comes to the office and discusses with the Ambassador.
An old British addresses the Press outside a house, as cameras record the proceedings in London in England. Photographers take pictures, as the old man introduces a woman who uses a dowsing rod to locate water on his property. Later we see success demonstrated by a pipe with water gushing from it.