The Butler
A proper Edwardian lady patiently endures the ever-increasing disruption to her quiet household when her Truelove gives her all the items from the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas."
Sergeant
The fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable woman) from a French port. Then war comes and they must all rethink their petty differences.
Commander Spencer
어뢰에 맞은 ‘토린’이라는 구축함이 기적적으로 구조돼 영국 해안에서 수리에 들어간다. 하지만 배의 페인트가 마르고, 수리가 끝나기도 전에 토린은 크레테 섬에서 한 번 더 폭격을 맞는다. 배에 탄 군인들은 다들 파편을 붙들고 구조를 기다리며 가족들과 사랑하는 이들을 떠올린다.
James Morrison
In colonial Australia, James Morrison is a young teamster who has two friends, Long and Short. He is betrothed to Jane Judd when he visits Sydney and meets fiery Irish girl Biddy O'Shea, who is just off the "wife ship" – a boatload of women from an Irish orphanage bought out to Australia. James is attracted to Biddy and promises to marry her. James returns to Bathurst to break the news to Jane, but his mother dies and makes James promise to marry her daughter. He feels obliged to honour his old commitment to Jane.