An amateur film by Elizabeth, Lady Knott begins with views of the Austrian Italian Alps followed by Jersey cows being displayed as part of the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society Show. Views of the start of a hunt with hounds is followed by views of the gardens at Samares Manor during the summer of 1938. The film changes to a visit to Loch Lomond in Scotland followed by a man in a kilt tending to the garden at the Knott family estate and Knockdow in Argyll. This is followed by...

An amateur film by Elizabeth, Lady Knott begins with views of the Austrian Italian Alps followed by Jersey cows being displayed as part of the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society Show. Views of the start of a hunt with hounds is followed by views of the gardens at Samares Manor during the summer of 1938. The film changes to a visit to Loch Lomond in Scotland followed by a man in a kilt tending to the garden at the Knott family estate and Knockdow in Argyll. This is followed by views of what is believed to be the RMS Queen Elizabeth on the slipway at John Brown and Company shipyards on Clydebank. The film ends back at Samares Manor and more views of the garden in full bloom. The film opens on views of the snow caped mountains on the Alps and Alpine buildings built in a valley along the hillside. The film cuts to the Jersey Showground and a parade of Jersey cows being walked around and looked over by judges, possibly part of the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society Show. A man on horseback rides along a driveway away from a large house outside which can be seen other riders as well as people standing about. The film cuts to show a number of riders following the first man away from the house. The riders trot past a farm building along with a pack of hounds. The film cuts to shows the hounds and some of the rides racing across a field. General views of the gardens at Samares Manor in full bloom during the summer of 1938. There are views of various plants, flowers, trees as well as fish in the pond. Elizabeth’s dog races past sniffing at the ground. Elizabeth and a man trot along the driveway of Samares Manor. The film cuts to views along the shoreline of Loch Lomond in Scotland. In the garden of a large house a man in a kilt tends to a bed of flowers. The film cuts to him standing with his dog besides a large house. He is talking to the person behind the camera. The film cuts to show a man, possibly a butler, holding open the passenger door of a Ford station wagon. Inside sits the man with the kilt plus two other people. From a boat on the River Clyde views of a large ocean cruise liner on the slipway of a shipyard, possibly the RMS Queen Elizabeth at John Brown and Company, Clydebank. A cargo ship passes, stencilled on the rear of the ship is its name [unreadable] and ‘Glasgow’. The film cuts to show a Rolls Royce parked in a street, in the near distance a block of flats or apartments under construction with scaffolding surrounds the building. The film ends back at Samares Manor and more views of the garden in full bloom.