Notes on the Thai-Burma Railway Part ⅰ : "The Bridge on the River Kwai"-The Movie

Notes on the Thai-Burma Railway Part ⅰ : "The Bridge on the River Kwai"-The Movie

- 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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