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Well, as you know, the Japanese aim to open the Bangkok-Rangoon section by the middle of May. Naturally, we're gonna try and prevent them.

8 seconds sound clip from the The Bridge on the River Kwai movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:22:50.558 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Well, I suppose if you're about to be shot, there isn't a great deal you can do, is there?

- Now, here is the River Kwai and here is the Siamese village where you were helped. And here is the railway.

- But then, you must be fairly familiar with all this area.

- Oh, not really. I was out of my head half the time.

- Now, then, the railway starts down here in Singapore. Malaya, Bangkok, Rangoon. Their idea, of course, is to drive on through into India.

- Where was I picked up?

- Oh, about here.

- Well, as you know, the Japanese aim to open the Bangkok-Rangoon section by the middle of May. Naturally, we're gonna try and prevent them.

- It's too far for bombers to carry an adequate load so we shall have to go in and smash it up on the ground.

- How you gonna get there?

- Parachute drop and then march.

- With demolition equipment through that jungle?

- Yes.

- Our chief problem is lack of firsthand knowledge. You see, none of us have ever been there.

- Well, I don't want to discourage you, Major, but...

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Famous quotes from the 1953 movie The Bridge on the River Kwai, featuring sound clips of the best lines and sfx.

Actors: Alec Guinness (Colonel Nicholson), Sessue Hayakawa (Colonel Saito), William Holden (Commander Shears), Jack Hawkins (Major Warden)

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