Reel one shows Rocky Mountains from the coast of British Columbia, coastal activity of seagulls and other birds, small cottages on the coast, and a vessel pulling into a harbour, possibly Victoria, B.C. Next are scenes of the Vincent Massey family home, Batterwood, in winter. Vincent Massey's sons Lionel and Hart stand next to sleigh and toboggans. The family (minus Vincent) poses on the terrace. Reel two shows Lionel Massey and Hart Massey (sons of Vincent Massey), Lionel and Hart Massey with William Lyon Mackenzie King at Batterwood, cattle grazing in a field, sheep grazing in field, Alice Massey and guest sitting in folding chairs in the garden. Reel three shows Lionel and Hart Massey driving golf balls while their father Vincent and mother Alice take a few swings, Mrs. Massey and another woman with dog at Batterwood, puppies playing with each other and with Hart, and ships in a harbour getting ready to sail, Reel four shows Lionel and Hart on a small boat with J. Burgon Bickersteth, rocking it back and forth, a travel scene of the Massey family on shore with a harbour behind them (the location is possibly the West Indies), several small children dancing while wearing peacock feather headdresses, a man rowing the family back to an ocean liner, and scenes of tropical flora.~Reel five contains scenes of the Massey children behind a carpet-draped railing, pretending to ride camels or elephants while Alice is in the foreground waving, a rope tossed over a fence and many takes of Hart pretending that he is escaping over the fence, a game of cricket between Lionel and Vincent, a burned and torn Union Jack flag flying, Vincent pretending to be a soldier costumed in a pith helmet and monocle, Hart pretending to be an East Asian god while Vincent and Alice bow to him, Hart pretending to be a messenger or servant, bringing Vincent a note, and Vincent dressed as a professor and sending off Lionel, Reel six shows people entering and leaving a building (an apartment house?), street scenes, police officer patrolling a neighbourhood, Hart Massey wearing a fedora and shots of a clock tower. Reel seven shows biplanes at an air show, formation flying, aerobatics and other aerial stunts, Lionel and Hart Massey with an elderly man and his wife at Batterwood, family shots, Alice Massey playing tennis, Vincent and Alice playing mixed doubles, and a parade. Reel eight shows Mrs. Massey dressed as an Arabian queen and performing a belly dance, Hart and Lionel dressed as Sikhs and Vincent dressed as a soldier.
