TV CommercialsThe French ConnectionAgency J Walter Thompson created this commercial in 1985 after lengthy negotiations with 20th Century Fox the studio who produced the 1971 epic. The French Connection starring Gene Hackman. Sequences from the famous car chase were edited into new footage of refurbished 4 CEP 1603 crossing the arches above Battersea Yard into Victoria Eastern. It was a powerful and dramatic way of demonstrating the convenience of using rail to and from Central London. |