A man discovers an eye with dysfunctional magical powers washed up on a beach. This amateur comedy uses trick photography and was produced by Middlesbrough filmmaker, Leonard Winter. Leonard, his wife Jean and daughter Maureen also star in the film. It was filmed during a post World War Two seaside trip to Druridge Bay in Northumberland, and features wartime anti-invasion defence structures on the beach. This film is part of the Newcastle & District Amateur Cinematographers Association...

A man discovers an eye with dysfunctional magical powers washed up on a beach. This amateur comedy uses trick photography and was produced by Middlesbrough filmmaker, Leonard Winter. Leonard, his wife Jean and daughter Maureen also star in the film. It was filmed during a post World War Two seaside trip to Druridge Bay in Northumberland, and features wartime anti-invasion defence structures on the beach. This film is part of the Newcastle & District Amateur Cinematographers Association (ACA) collection. Credit: Leonard Winter Presents Title: Neptune’s Eye Waves lap onto a beach at low tide, probably at Druridge Bay. A small white object washes onto the beach. It appears to be an eye. Leonard Winter is walking along the wide expanse of beach in his trunks and baseball cap, when he steps on the eye. He picks it up and brushes off the sand. He drops it when he realises it’s an eye. He picks it up again, washes it in the sea, then walks back to his towel and clothes, laid out in the dunes in front of a World War Two pillbox (or machine gun emplacement). Seated on the sand, he rubs the eye. A bottle of beer appears suddenly in the sand beside him. Surprised, he looks around but can’t see where it came from. Happy, he tries to take a drink from the bottle but pours out sand instead. He is seated now on dunes in front of a sequence of World War Two concrete anti-tank blocks. He tosses the bottle away. He takes off his hat, thinks up another wish, and decides to rub the eye again. A short shower of water rains down on him. He wipes himself down with a towel (again seated in front of the World War Two pillbox). He looks up at the sky, and down again at the eye. Two young women (including Jean Winter) are paddling in shallow waves at the beach, two men in trunks further out in the sea, wading into the crashing waves. Leonard Winter is still seated in the dunes, the World War Two concrete anti-tank defences in the background. He looks again at the eye and hits upon a brilliant idea. The film cuts back to one of the young women (Jean Winter), who throws a glass bottle out into the sea, her male companion wading towards it. Back in the sand dunes, Leonard Winter rubs the eye furiously, his own eyes squeezed tightly shut. He makes a wish, having spotted the attractive young woman in the sea. A small girl appears beside him on the sand, laughing. Again, the wish has gone wrong! He makes a gesture that suggests he wished for a much taller, grown-up female. He tries rubbing the eye again, but gives up, exasperated. Portrait shot of the little girl with ringlets, dressed in a knitted swimsuit (Jean and Leonard Winters daughter, Maureen). As he sits with the little girl, a young woman beside him drapes her hand on his shoulder. The woman he has wished for (actually his wife Jean) is seated next to him, dressed in a summer frock. He does a double take. Portrait shot of Leonard Winter, smiling. He pats the eye, appreciatively. He tells the little girl to go and play with her beach ball to get rid of her. He moves up closer to the young woman and kisses her. The little girl runs back to him with the ball. He hands her some money instead. Jean and Leonard cuddle and chat. Portrait shot of Leonard Winter talking. The little girl pops up behind them, and shows them the toffee apple she has got. Portrait shot of Maureen Winter eating the toffee apple. Leonard Winter pops her back on the sand beside him. He ponders how to get rid of her so he can be alone with the young woman. He again rubs the eye vigorously and makes a wish. The little girl vanishes, but as he turns to kiss the young woman, he realises she has disappeared too. Angrily, he shouts out. Leonard Winter now also vanishes, leaving the magic eye behind in the sand. Title: The End