With Scots nationalism at an all time low, four students, led by Ian Hamilton, decide to make a gesture to reawaken their country's pride. Despite having little money and no experience, they manage to break into Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1950 and "liberate" that most poignant symbol of nationhood "The Stone of Destiny". Although they are eventually captured, and the Stone brought back to London, their mission rejuvenates Scots pride.
