A mystery film produced by members of the Cleveland Cine Club featuring founding member Betty Cook as the mother looking for her two children who disappear in a wood. Title: Movie Maker 10 Best Two Star Rating Credit: Cleveland Cine Club Title: Presents Opening panning shots of a wooded landscape. Using superimposition, shots of two young children playing are shown against the tranquil wooded scene. Title: The Glade Two men walk their Labrador dog through a wood. A woman (Betty Cook)...

A mystery film produced by members of the Cleveland Cine Club featuring founding member Betty Cook as the mother looking for her two children who disappear in a wood. Title: Movie Maker 10 Best Two Star Rating Credit: Cleveland Cine Club Title: Presents Opening panning shots of a wooded landscape. Using superimposition, shots of two young children playing are shown against the tranquil wooded scene. Title: The Glade Two men walk their Labrador dog through a wood. A woman (Betty Cook) walks towards them and passes by. The man leading the dog lets it off its leash. He says to the other man that the woman comes past this same spot at the same time every day. The woman is shown standing still as if listening for something, then moves on. The other man asks who she is, the dog handler replies that he thinks she is a widow, but that does not explain her strange behaviour. He mentions that it may be something to do with an incident that happened a year ago. The film cuts to show a woman getting out of a blue Morris Marina. She lets two children a boy and a girl out of the back of the car. From the road they take a path into the woods. They walk further into the woods and the woman says to the children that they should look out for teddy bears. They come to a secluded spot and the woman puts a blanket on the ground to prepare for a picnic. She takes out food and drink from a bag. Roving eye shots film the scene through shrubbery and other angles, followed by shots and close ups of the children. The young girl kicks a ball down a grassy path, then both she and the boy play with the ball. The woman packs away the picnic things. The little girl runs off with the ball then suddenly disappears. The little boy runs after her and also disappears. The woman is alarmed and cries out ‘Michael…Melissa!’ Their images momentarily appear in superimposition with an accompanying mysterious noise. Silent shots follow of the surrounding woodland. The two men seen earlier come into view. The dog handler explains that despite a thorough police search the children were not found. He says that is why the woman returns to the same spot every day. The other man expresses his opinion that it is a futile pursuit. The film cuts to show the woman standing on her own. The camera zooms in, interrupted by a very brief picture of the children. She looks up and closes her eyes. A shot shows the children running along a grassy path towards the camera. She then opens her eyes and in tears, looks up to the sky. Suddenly a small ball rolls along the grass path and stops at her feet. She looks in the direction from which the ball has travelled. And shouts ‘Michael…Melanie!’ She looks and suddenly exclaims ‘There you are!’ She runs towards the camera and then disappears. The ball is left behind but is quickly picked up by a child’s hands. End title: The End End credit: Mother Betty Cook End credit: Children Melanie and Michael Hardy End credit: Men with Dog Len Winter and Peter Whitaker End credit: Ross (the dog) End title: Cleveland Cine Club Presentation.