Albert Hall

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Albert Hall

Animated colour television commercial for Guinness Extra Stout. Opens with title card reading: "Guinness at the Albert Hall". Opens with shot of conductor and choir. Choir begins singing song in the style of Handel's 'Allelujah Chorus" using the words "Guinness gives you strength". The conductor, despite being extremely small, proceeds to lift and carry members of the choir much larger than him. After drinking a glass of Guinness, he proceeds to lift the entire choir at once. Concludes with view of conductor holding choir aloft in a pyramid shape. Won a diploma at the 1962 Venice Film Festival. Agency: SH Bensons Ltd. Production company: Richard Williams Animation Ltd. Director: Richard Williams, later an Oscar-winner for his work on 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?'.

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