BABETTE S’EN VA-T-EN GUERRE

FRA
1959
1hr 46mins
Dir: Christian Jaque
Starring: Brigitte Bardot and Jacques Charrier

A naive French country girl is parachuted into German-occupied France to help kidnap a German general

This lighthearted French comedy has some early scenes that are filmed in England including London though most of these were inside a building. None the less as Brigitte Bardot arrives in the capital on an East Kent bus were are treated to brief glimpses of the frontages to both King’s Cross and St. Pancras stations.

As the bus travels down the Euston Road, King’s Cross station comes into view. The entrance to the ‘Widened Lines’ (now Thameslink) is behind the bus whilst the glazing of the trainshed of the main station is visible behind the shop fronts.
As the camera spins round we see St. Pancras in the background
On arrival outside St. Pancras the weather has changed. Whereas it was a filthy wet day in the previous shots it does not appear to have rained at all now!!