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1 online resource (streaming video file) (2 hr. 32 min. 34 sec.) ; 885178031 bytes |
| Summary |
In 1942, the Japanese army had captured more than 200,000 Allied prisoners of war and needed a supply route to its frontline troops in Burma. POWs and thousands of Asian labourers were ordered to complete a railway linking Thailand and Burma that would include the infamous 'bridge on the River Kwai'. Meanwhile, the US was developing a 'smart bomb'. In late 1944, a group of rescued POWs provided the first accurate information about targets along the railway, and the railway was destroyed |
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Classification PG ACMA |
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Cruelty.
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Feature films.
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Prisoners of war.
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Railroad bridges -- Design and construction.
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World War (1939-1945)
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War and motion pictures.
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United States.
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United Kingdom.
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Drama
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Streaming video
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Lean, D. R. S. (David R. S.), director
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Boxer, John, actor
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Chakrabandhu, M.R.B., actor
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Donald, James, actor
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Goodwin, Harold, actor
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Guinness, Alec, actor
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Hawkins, Jack, actor
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Hayakawa, Sessue, actor
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Herbert, Percy, actor
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Holden, William, actor
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Horne, Geoffrey, actor
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Katsumoto, Keiichiro, actor
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Morell, Andre, actor
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Okawa, Heihachiro, actor
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Sears, Ann, actor
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Williams, Peter, actor
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