:08:05
Hello, Clipton.
About time you paid us a visit.
:08:10
Fine job our chaps are doing.
:08:12
Yes. How's he behaving?
:08:15
He's been most reasonable
since we took over.
:08:17
-What's he thinking?
-I haven't the foggiest.
:08:20
-Thanks, Reeves.
-Right, sir.
:08:23
What do you think?
:08:26
Quite a challenge, isn't it?
:08:30
Are you convinced that building
this bridge is a good idea?
:08:34
-Are you serious?
-Yes, sir.
:08:36
A good idea? Take another look.
:08:40
You don't agree morale is high?
Discipline has been restored?
:08:44
Their condition has improved?
:08:47
Are they a happier lot
or aren't they?
:08:49
They feed better
and they are no longer abused.
:08:53
Honestly, Clipton, there are times
when I don't understand you at all.
:08:57
I'll try to make myself clear.
:08:59
The fact is, what we're doing
could be construed as...
:09:03
...forgive me, sir,
collaboration with the enemy.
:09:06
Perhaps even treason.
:09:08
We're prisoners of war. We haven't
the right to refuse to work.
:09:12
I understand that, sir.
But must we work so well?
:09:12
I understand that, sir.
But must we work so well?
:09:15
Must we do better
than they could themselves?
:09:19
If you had to operate on Saito,
would you do your best or let him die?
:09:25
Would you prefer
we disintegrate in idleness?
:09:27
Or have it said
we can't do a proper job?
:09:30
It's important to show them they
can't break us in body or in spirit.
:09:35
Take a good look, Clipton.
:09:38
One day the war will be over.
:09:41
I hope that those who use the bridge
in years to come...
:09:44
...will remember how it was built,
and who built it.
:09:47
Not a gang of slaves, but soldiers.
British soldiers, even in captivity.
:09:53
-Yes, sir.
-You're a fine doctor...
:09:55
...but you've a lot to learn
about the army.