Shots of the daily lives of the Amish with narration about their history. An Amish farmer works at a donkey drawn plow while a border collie leads. CU of the wheels turning and the plow breaking up earth. WS of the plow in a vast dry field. A shot of a quaint group of homes and dirt roads pans out to show an idyllic landscape with a field of wheat. Cows sit near a river where Amish boys fish . People pick greens in a garden. Children gather outside a school. A horse-drawn carriage crosses a bridge. Shots of a horse auction where the Amish mingle with but stand out from their neighbors. CU of amish men’s faces, with beards and pork pie hats.