Period dramatization: RAF Vickers Wellington OJ-F 'F for Freddie' flies back to the United Kingdom after successfully bombing its target in Germany during World War 2. View of bomber gunner through canopy while firing. German anti-aircraft artillery firing at night. Inside Vickers Wellington bomber as it is hit. Crew member falling to floor of aircraft. Bomber pilot in cockpit struggling to fly while radioing, "OK chaps, don't worry, everything's alright...anybody hurt?" Bomber pilot changing positions with copilot during flight. A RAF officer exits radio room at RAF Mildenhall and submits a message to fellow officer. RAF officers consult a map at RAF Mildenhall. Bomber commander tends to a radioman’s injured leg onboard while in flight. Bomber propeller spinning at night as pilot is in cockpit. View of Vickers Wellington oil gauge. Copilot notes to commander that "oil pressure is dropping." Vickers Wellington bomber begins descent. RAF officer smoking a pipe at RAF Mildenhall while observing a map. RAF officer radios, saying “control calling, how is the weather please?” View of PA speaker at control headquarters with voice heard over radio saying, "visibility is down to 500 yards." RAF officer, smoking a pipe, says “Hmm I was afraid of that."
Air raid siren sounding. British citizens take shelter during The Blitz in World War II. A British Home Guard runs to warn people to take shelter. German bombers flying for Blitzkrieg. A child looks up to the sky for German bombers before being snatched by his mother. British soldiers rush to man anti-aircraft artillery. The name "Popeye" painted on artillery. A farmer plowing his field, looking up for bombers. An RAF solider rings a with words written on it, “Don’t come and tell. Ring this like “HELL”!”. RAF pilots rush to their Spitfire fighter planes. Close up of propellers spinning and exhaust smoke as Spitfire planes take off from airfield. A Spitfire fires at a Heinkel He 111 bomber. Heinkel He 111 bomber tailfin explodes from Spitfire strafing. A downed German bomber falls into the English Channel. Wreckage of downed German bombers in England. Palace of Westminster (Westminster, London SW1A 0AA, United Kingdom) at sunset. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill give alms to a woman, raises his hat. Hands adjusting a slide rule. View of early radar tower.
Traditional community life in Bethlehem and Jerusalem, British Palestine. Slate reads “It was into this half-Jew, half-Roman world, that Jesus was born in Bethlehem”. Aerial view of Bethlehem and holy sites. A Palestinian woman wraps her infant in a swaddle. Woman ties her swaddled infant with string. Woman carries her swaddled baby in a traditional baby carrier sling bag. A caravan travels in the desert. Desert in Palestine. Men riding donkeys to Bethlehem.
A boy watches his mother make bread in Palestine. Palestinian boy holds a clay jar while woman makes bread. Mother scoops a handful of flour, adds flour to clay bowl. Woman’s hands kneading flour into dough. Woman breaks dough into pieces. The boy pours water from the clay jar into the mixing bowl while the mother kneads bread. Slate reads: “The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till the whole was leavened. St. Matthew Ch 13 v.33”. Boy watches mother brushing off flour from her hands.
Children attend a Jewish school in Bethlehem, Palestine. A male teacher supervises Jewish boys studying the Torah. Jewish boys wearing Kippah (skull cap) and Payot (side locks) reading the Torah. Slide reads “Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. St. Luke.Ch.2.v.41”. Crowded streets in Jerusalem during the week of the Jewish Passover. A crowded street leading to the Temple Mount. People gathered outside the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.
Carpenter building a plow in Palestine. Slide reads “Then he went down along with them to Nazareth and did as they told him. St.Luke.Ch.3.v.51”. A carpenter working on wood. An old farmer holding prayer beads. A man saws wood to build a plow. Carpenter’s foot holds the wood in place while the wood is being sawed. Carpenter hammers a plow handle. Carpenter hammers a nail into plow handle. Palestinian farmer watches the wood worker as he waits for the carpenter to finish making the plow.