A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Great War.
It's Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer to a policeman.
The children of Iowa farmers find love, with mixed results, at the state fair.
