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We see the King and his party leaving Shrewsbury railway station and travelling through the town. His carriage pauses alongside a group of boys and masters from Shrewsbury School and then continues to visit the Royal Agricultural Show where he inspects a group of old soldiers outside the Royal Pavilion. We then see the carriage move off and we cut to horses being paraded at the show.
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According to The Times the veterans met by the King included a Sergeant Windsor of the Kings Own (Royal Lancashire Regiment) who had joined the army under King William IV in 1836. When we see the King pausing in his carriage alongside the boys from Shrewsbury School he is also reported to have pressed an electric switch to signal the laying of the foundation stone for a new library at the school. The King's pressing time schedule (he was in Shrewsbury for only four hours (including a lunch stop)) prevented him visiting the library (which is on the other side of the Severn) in person.