I can see practically the whole of London spread round me…the whole of the skyline to the south lit up with a ruddy glow…the flames are leaping up in the air now…the dome of St Paul's ...
From the BBC Archives. Originally broadcast 29 March 1949 1949: Lights to return to London after WW2. Video, 00:01:201949: Lights to return to London after WW2 Up Next. 1962: The Great Smog of London.
Bomb-scarred London prepares to switch on the lights of signs, billboards and shop windows again after 10 years of darkness that began with the outbreak of war. The lights were switched on again ...