A fun parody of 1950s science fiction films produced by Jack Lockhart as part of the 2013 Shimmer Festival in Whitley Bay in which a mysterious object from outer space in the shape in the Spanish City dome crashing into the sea near Whitley Bay. Using archive footage from the collections of the North East Film Archive, the film shows how the local population react to the strange object and send out a research party to investigate. The film opens with stars and galaxies in outer space....

A fun parody of 1950s science fiction films produced by Jack Lockhart as part of the 2013 Shimmer Festival in Whitley Bay in which a mysterious object from outer space in the shape in the Spanish City dome crashing into the sea near Whitley Bay. Using archive footage from the collections of the North East Film Archive, the film shows how the local population react to the strange object and send out a research party to investigate. The film opens with stars and galaxies in outer space. Title: They Visited Spanish City… From Space The film changes to show an old photograph of Spanish City at Whitley Bay. A radio signal emits from the spire on top of the dome. Back in outer space an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) comes into view, its top half the image of the dome at Spanish City. Title: Meanwhile at Whitley Bay Archive footage of a family playing on the beach, while sitting nearby two women knit. A young woman looks out at sea through a pair of binoculars. On the water there are a number of small pleasure dinghies. A UFO suddenly crashes into the sea. On the beach a group of boys play in the surf, behind them another group rushes past. A woman holding the hand of a small boy walks away at speed. Title: Mysterious Flotsam and Jetsam On the beach a group of children play in the surf, the crashed UFO on the horizon. In the sand behind them are objects also in the shape of the Spanish City dome. A boy in a sailor-suit stands on the shoreline and looks down on a dome in the sand. The film cuts to show a dome attached to a piece of string bobbing in the surf being pulled by the boy in the sailor-suit. The film cuts to him sitting on a rock with the dome on his knee. General view of a busy beach with the object on the horizon. In a garden a small child kicks a dome as if it were a ball. Sitting at a table two boys enjoy a meal, one is wearing the dome as a hat. Back on the beach a family enjoy sandwiches behind a windbreak, on their heads hats in the shape of the Spanish City dome. The film cuts to the family walking through Exhibition Park in Newcastle, the Palace of Arts in the distance. Many of them are wearing domes as hats. The film changes to show a view of Spanish City. Title: A research expedition A large crowd watches as a brass band parades down Park Avenue in Whitley Bay making their way to the promenade. Behind come a troop of Boy Scouts pulling a lifeboat. The footage is speeded up as the boat comes down the jetty onto the beach watched by large crowds. On the beach a man makes a speech. Title: ‘We still don’t know what it is or where it’s from but we do know there’s something there.’ A view of a large crowd is followed by the lifeboat being put to sea and it rowing out towards the object in the distance now with octopus tentacles sprouting out of its side. On the beach a group of swimmers rush into the water as the object with tentacles flies past. The film concludes with a still image of Spanish City, sparks again emerging from the dome. The dome then takes off into the sky. Title: The end