P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang is a classic boy likes girl coming-of-age film set during WWII in 1940s London. A fourteen year old named Alan befriends and admires a groundskeeper employed at his school with whom he shares his predictions about the ongoing war. An incident disrupts the friendship, but there are other things to worry about such as buddies with conflicting interests, a particular girl, and a school play.