Disc one in the 5 disk movie Israel a Nation is Born splicing incredible archival footage with witness testimonies. Begins with the second world war, and Hitlers invasion through Europe, his attack on Judaism, and his attempt through Africa toward the middle east.
Many arab states joined with Hitler, "The emeny of my emeny is my friend," - Anwar Sadat. The Jewish people in Palestine naturally aligned with the British. And the British helpped in training, on orders of Churchill, the Jewish resistance while Hitlers armies worked their way toward the middle east. The British succeeded in stopping Hitlers armies in Africa.
Post war the documentary includes the migration to Palestine of Jewish people. And the British blocking the way. Jewish resistance groups used terrorism against the British at that time. Narrator and commentator Abba Eban brings his own history, as Israel's representative to the United Nations during the 1948 negotiations for independence, and later as Ambassador to the U.S. and Israel's Foreign Minister.
Prior to UN negotiations the meeting with President Truman; Without Truman Israel may have never been born. When the door was finial open to go to the UN the arabs refused to go, and British rule of Palestin was brought to an end.
Israel on its independance day faced the threats of war from its neighbors, When the British were pulling out the declairation was made that created the state, The US representative to the UN announced that the US recognized the nation of Israel.
The first disc ends with Israel being recognized but on the verge of being driven into to sea.