Made by members of the Halifax Cine Club, this is a short comedy about a member of the Cine club who dreams he is prosecuted after making a bad film. Credits: Judge, Joe Townsend; prisoner, Peter Sunderland; Prosecutor, Harold baker; Clerk, Frank Berry; Policeman, Roy Coble; Waiter, Peter Brooks; Jury and crowd, club members; Camera, Ernest Hardy; Lighting, Frank Berry; Sound and Editing, Reg Tams; Horse Mistress, Nancie Shackleton; Legal Advisor, Anonymous member; Director, Jack...

Made by members of the Halifax Cine Club, this is a short comedy about a member of the Cine club who dreams he is prosecuted after making a bad film. Credits: Judge, Joe Townsend; prisoner, Peter Sunderland; Prosecutor, Harold baker; Clerk, Frank Berry; Policeman, Roy Coble; Waiter, Peter Brooks; Jury and crowd, club members; Camera, Ernest Hardy; Lighting, Frank Berry; Sound and Editing, Reg Tams; Horse Mistress, Nancie Shackleton; Legal Advisor, Anonymous member; Director, Jack Shackleton. A man is sitting on a bench reading a copy of 'Making Movies'. He suddenly slumps in sleep, dropping his pipe down his jumper in the process. A Union Jack flag appears, and there is a sign for 'Silence, Court in session'. The court clerk calls on everyone to stand for the judge, and calls to bring out the prisoner. The man who has fallen asleep is escorted in, smoking his pipe. The judge calls out to put the pipe out and the court attendant does so using a soda syphon. The people seated in the courtroom, all eating and drinking, are in uproar laughing. The judge calls for order, the accused calls for a packet of crisps and the judge gets a pint of beer pulled for himself. The accused is charged with making a detrimental film for the cine movement in general and the Halifax Cine Club in particular. The accuser pleads not guilty. The prosecutor claims that the proceedings flow from the accused's decision to make a film on his own without the guidance of the Cine Club. The film is shown to the court, and the jury laughs after viewing the film. The jury foreman stands up and pronounces that the jury finds him guilty. The judge puts on a black cap and declares the sentence, that he should be publicly burnt at the stake. The accused is led through a field tied up, to the sound of Gounod's Funeral March of a Marionette. He is bound with rope and a bonfire is built around him, which is then lit. He then awakes from his dream as his dropped pipe starts to smoulder. The End