Item title reads - The Rainbow ends.



American Servicemen's Club Rainbow Corner closes. London.



C/U signs reading 'Goodbye Piccadilly' and 'Farewell Leicester Square'. Interior shots of club. C/U of Anthony Eden making speech which is broadcast to America. L/S of him. C/U Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt speaking too. M/S crowd applauding. Various shots dance floor crowded with GI's and girls with dance band playing. L/S crowds outside Rainbow Corner trying to get in. L/S of them singing at midnight. Exterior of Rainbow Corner with American flag flying. C/U American Red Cross sign, pan to GI's lounging outside. C/U hand on door handle, pan up to GI smoking.



Cataloguer's note: Picture quality during Eleanor Roosevelt's speech is not good, film is damaged. There is a better quality version with same title also on *PM1504*.
FILM ID:1504.33

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