Record Xmas Aka Record Christmas (1959)

Title reads: “Record Xmas“. Elevated shot Regent Street at night. Travelling shot along Oxford Street at night. Travelling shot Christmas trees lit up on the front of Selfridges. Various night shots of shoppers on Oxford St. C/U of baby in man’s arms. C/U of model elephants in a shop window blowing bubbles. Crowds on pavement. Various shot traffic jam on Regent St. L/S of Piccadilly Circus with only a few cars going round. L/S of an empty Regent Street. GV. A square in London practically empty of parked cars. Panning shot boy on a scooter pulls up outside a tobacconist, his girlfriend rides pillion, she jumps off and runs into shop. C/U of boy’s hand revving his bike. Girl gets back on bike, boys drives off, girl falls off back. C/U of “No Waiting“ traffic sign. Masses of parked cars. C/U of waiting restriction notice. Traffic congested Oxford Street. Jokey sequence showing man coming out of department store carrying lots of parcels. His wife waits outside in car, a policeman moves her on -