:11:12
My name is Nicholson.
:11:14
I am Colonel Saito.
:11:28
In the name of His lmperial Majesty...
:11:32
...I welcome you.
:11:34
I am the commanding officer
of this camp...
:11:38
...which is Camp 16...
:11:41
...along the great railroad...
:11:44
...which will soon connect
Bangkok with Rangoon.
:11:50
You British prisoners
have been chosen...
:11:54
...to build a bridge
across the River Kwai.
:11:58
It will be pleasant work,
requiring skill.
:12:03
And officers will work as well as men.
:12:08
The Japanese Army cannot
have idle mouths to feed.
:12:14
If you work hard,
you will be treated well.
:12:19
But if you do not work hard...
:12:21
...you will be punished.
:12:25
A word to you about escape.
:12:29
There is no barbed wire.
:12:33
No stockade.
:12:35
No watchtower.
:12:37
They are not necessary.
:12:40
We are an island in the jungle.
:12:42
Escape is impossible.
:12:46
You would die.
:12:50
Today you rest.
Tomorrow you'll begin.
:12:56
Let me remind you of
General Yamashita's motto: