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Notes on the Thai-Burma Railway Part ⅰ : － 112 － NOTES ON THE THAI-BURMA RAILWAY PART Ⅰ : "THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI"-THE MOVIE Ⅰ David Boggett Ⅱ Map of the Thai-Burma Railway Kanchanaburi (Kanburi) area. The dotted line indicates the route proposed by the original (British) survey. 京都精華大学紀要 第十九号 － 113 － － 114 － NOTES ON THE THAI-BURMA RAILWAY PART Ⅰ : "THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI"-THE MOVIE （） （） （） （１）"The Bridge on the River Kwai." （２）The end of the line today: Nam Tok Station（Tarsao）． （３）Japanese-built SL for the Thai-Burma Railway, preserved at the Kwae Bridge． The locomotive was abandonned， concealed in a bomb-proof railway siding in a cave near Sangklaburi． It was discovered by a group of Australians in 1970 using an old Japanese map． （４）Today's train slowly edges round the perilous Tham Krasae （Wampo） viaduct． （） 京都精華大学紀要 第十九号 － 115 － （） （５）The Three Pagoda Pass where the railway crossed the Thailand-Burma border. （６）Cutting on the Konyu-Hintok section of the Railway. Preserved by the Australian （） Government-sponsored Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum. Some of the worst atrocities of the railway construction occurred here. （７）Memorial to USA POWs erected at the Kwae Bridge in 1997. （） － 116 － NOTES ON THE THAI-BURMA RAILWAY PART Ⅰ : "THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI"-THE MOVIE （）（）（） （８）Wooden sleepers on the rail bed at Sai Yok National Park. （９）Remains of kitchen area at a Japanese camp along the railway; Sai Yok National Park. （１０）Remains of a coaling station for Thai- Burma locomotives; Sai Yok National Park . （１１）POW graves in the Chung Kai Cemetery, administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The faded personal message reads; "To Our Dear Stanley, After All These Years We Remember You Daily. Our Love Forever" . （） 京都精華大学紀要 第十九号 － 117 － INTRODUCTION （） （ ） （） － 118 － NOTES ON THE THAI-BURMA RAILWAY PART Ⅰ : "THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI"-THE MOVIE （ ） （ ）． THE MOVIE Ⅱ（ ） （）． （ ） 京都精華大学紀要 第十九号 － 119 － （） （ ） （） （ ） （ ）．（）． （ ） （ ） （ ） （ ）， （）， （）． （） （）． （）． － 120 － NOTES ON THE THAI-BURMA RAILWAY PART Ⅰ : "THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI"-THE MOVIE （ ）． （ ）（）． （ ）． THE AUTHOR （） （）． （） （ ） 京都精華大学紀要 第十九号 － 121 － （） （） （ ） （ ）．（）． THE FOREMAN-WILSON CONTRIBUTION （ ）． （ ） （）． （ ）． （ ）． － 122 － NOTES ON THE THAI-BURMA RAILWAY PART Ⅰ : "THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI"-THE MOVIE （） .
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