Iconic connection. An enlarged still from "Light up the Sky", showing, Benny Hill and Tommy Steele, can be seen in the montage of photos behind The Beatles, on the inside of the gate-fold sleeve, of their 1964 release "Beatles For Sale".
Benny Hill was a searchlight operator in real life in Normandy, following his arrival there in September ,1944. He was stationed in the Third Light Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battery.
The song "Touch It Light" shares its title with the play this film was adapted from, implying that was the film's working title.