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, London.
SV Through empty neon tubes - men at work at Franco Sign Works. SV Man inspecting tube, places tube to mouth and blows. CU Bunsen flame pan to man bending tube pan down to tube over flame. GV Girls inspecting tubes. SV Elevated two men and a woman making transformers. SV Transformers pan to man looking at testing board.
Brighton, Sussex.
SV Two men cleaning up exterior of control box at Brighton. CU Brushing dust from switches. CU Towards men carrying strings of lights. LV Men decorating tree with strings of lights. SV Man fixing bulb in tree. SV Men pushing over switches.
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