:00:00
Oh, I'm dying for a cup of tea.
:00:05
-Would you care for one?
-No, thanks.
:00:07
-A drink?
-No, thank you.
:00:10
-Pot of tea for one, please, Peter.
-Very good, sir.
:00:16
Do you read this?
:00:18
I taught Oriental languages
at Cambridge before the war.
:00:25
I never congratulated you
on your escape. Good show!
:00:29
If your sea rescue plane hadn't
spotted me, I wouldn't be here.
:00:33
No, I suppose not.
:00:38
Would you like to see where you were?
:00:41
All right.
:00:44
Our information's scanty.
It's based on your report.
:00:47
We think the camp's here.
:00:49
Do your people have any idea
what happened to Col. Nicholson?
:00:49
Do your people have any idea
what happened to Col. Nicholson?
:00:53
He had guts. They were about to
shoot him and he didn't bat an eye.
:00:57
If you're about to be shot
there's not much you can do.
:01:01
Here is the river Kwai, and here's
the village where you were helped.
:01:01
Here is the river Kwai, and here's
the village where you were helped.
:01:05
Here is the railway.
:01:07
You must be fairly familiar
with this area.
:01:10
No, I was out of my head
half the time.
:01:12
The railway starts down here
in Singapore. Malaya...
:01:16
...Bangkok, Rangoon. Their idea
is to drive on through, into India.
:01:21
-Where was I picked up?
-Oh, about here.
:01:24
The Japanese aim to open the Bangkok-
Rangoon section by the middle of May.
:01:29
We'll try to prevent them.
:01:30
We'll try to prevent them.
:01:32
It's too far for bombers
to carry a load.
:01:35
We'll have to go smash it
on the ground.
:01:37
-How?
-Parachute drop, then march.
:01:40
With demolition equipment
through that jungle?
:01:43
Our chief problem
is lack of firsthand knowledge.
:01:47
You see, none of us have
ever been there.
:01:50
-I don't want to discourage--
-It should be interesting.
:01:53
Col. Green's given me the Kwai bridge.
I'm taking a team in to blow it up.
:01:59
Lucky you.