House In The Clouds (1959)

Thorpe Ness, Bentwaters, Suffolk L/S of a strange shaped top heavy house, a converted water tower, pan up. The Ridge family from Texas, USA, live on five floors of the building with the water supply for the village on the sixth. M/S Evelyn Ridge and her little daughter Charla sitting on a divan. C/U of Evelyn putting stamps into a stamp album. Charla, aged 4, goes to get a book from the book shelves and uses a magnifying glass to look at something. She has a lovely red dress on and red shoes. M/S teenager, Donna Ridge in her bedroom arranging her doll collection. She is wearing a dark full skirted dress with a white fluffy collar. She arranges some souvenirs on the wall from the USA, including a picture of 100 dollar bill, and a pennant flag from Edinburgh. Captain Harold Ridge comes through the loft trap door and goes to the water tank and adjusts a large ball cock and a small pump. L/S of the house and a white painted windmill nearby, which used to pump water to the tower. Note: Combined P
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