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.

• Fox Film Corporation
• Diana Wynyard
• Clive Brook
• Una O'Connor
• Herbert Mundin
• Beryl Mercer
• Irene Browne
• Tempe Pigott
• Merle Tottenham