Secrets of the dead : Bridge on the River Kwai.

DVD 2003

Using first-hand survivor testimony, reconstructions, modern scientific techniques, archival film footage, and hundreds of photographs of the railway as it was being constructed, this film pieces together the real story of the famed bridge.

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Burma-Siam Railroad History

Prisoners of war Burma History 20th century

World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities

World War, 1939-1945 Conscript labor

World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, Japanese

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Documentary television programs Historical television programs Video recordings for the hearing impaired

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Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
video file
DVD video

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: not rated

Other Title:

Bridge on the River Kwai [DVD]
Secrets of the dead (Television program)

Notes:

Documentary
"PBS DVD Video"--Container
Narrator, Liev Schreiber
DVD-R; widescreen presentation
Closed captioned

Control Number:

1889520

Other Authors:

Altabba, Bashar
Beattie, Rod
Channel Five (Great Britain)
Hickman, David
National Geographic Channels International
PBS Home Video
Schreiber, Liev
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Windfall Films (Firm)

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