Hope and Glory Page #3

GRACE:

Such a beautiful day too.

All search the clear blue sky. The sound of the lawn-mower

starts up again where it left off before the war.

SUE:

(singing)

Flat Foot Floogie with a Floy

Floy.

INT. CINEMA - DAY

BLACK AND WHITE:

A Ministry of Information film advises and demonstrates how

to glue strips of paper to windows to avoid flying glass,

and how to construct an air-raid shelter. On the

soundtrack, in addition to the patronizing commentary

voice, is the sound of hundreds of screaming children.

BILL and SUE sit among the children's matinee audience. The

children pay no attention to the screen, but fight and

shout, throw things at each other, jump over seats, cry,

wander up and down the aisles.

The soundtrack changes to dramatic music and a

transformation takes place. All movement and talking

ceases. Hundreds of rapt faces stare at the screen where

Hopalong Cassidy rides into action.

EXT. ROHAN HOUSE - GARDEN - DAY

COLOUR:

CLIVE has put an Anderson shelter at the end of the small

garden, He is shovelling earth on to its humped corrugated

metal roof. His friend, MAC, is watching him.

CLIVE:

Going to put a rockery garden

over it, Mac.

BILL's voice echoes from inside the shelter.

BILL (O.S.)

Dad. It's full of water again.

CLIVE and MAC peer in to see the boy splashing up and down,

water over his ankles. He clutches his submerged foot in

mock agony.

BILL:

Crocodiles! Aah!

CLIVE:

The sodding water table.

MAC:

Could you seal it over with hot

pitch, Clive? Caulk it like the

hull of a ship.

CLIVE:

(caustic)

Thanks. I hope you can come for

the launching.

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