The children and grand children come by for the golden wedding anniversary. Gramps tells them the thrilling story of how they met, which they have probably already heard many times.Actually, it is a thrilling story, involving one of the wars of Italian unification. Ambrosio, the producer of this two-reel movie, was clearly bursting to produce longer movies, because the production values include battle scenes involving many performers in costume, as well as some passionate acting by the leads.