The ship Terra Nova draws up to the quay at Bute docks Cardiff in 1913 on her return to Britain from the Antarctic. Terra Nova had transported the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-13 under the leadership of Captain Scott, leaving from the same Cardiff dock in 1910. The item consists of four shots introduced by a title revealing that Scott's wife was there to see the ship home with her son Peter. The first shows the ship in long shot approaching the harbour with a steam tug waiting to take her into the dock. This is followed by a closer shot of the ship drawing towards the quay, followed by a shot looking up towards the ship. In this shot we see some kind of speech or ceremony taking place with naval officers in uniform, ladies and some gentlemen in top hats. A young boy jumps down from the gunwale to the deck. The final shot is of the ship filmed from above in a lock with the tug.