"When The Lights Go On Again .." 1949

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Full title reads: "'When The Lights Go On Again ..'."

The end of the ban on illuminated signs in England is celebrated.

Piccadilly, London.

SV Man working on illuminated Guinness clock. SV Men fixing neon lights over Saqui and Lawrence in Piccadilly.

Colindale,...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45875
Sort Number:
49/026
Time in/Out:
01:23:10:00 / 01:24:12:00
Canister:
49/26
Film ID:
1409.18
Issue Date:
31/03/1949

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