- You volunteered?
- Yes, sir. You see, the regular army...

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

You can hear this line at 01:34:26.879 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Huh? Exactly what did you do there?

- Well, sir, I just checked columns and columns of figures which three or four people had checked before me, and then other people checked them after I had checked them.

- Sounds a frightful bore.

- Sir, it was a frightful bore.

- How did you happen to wind up here?

- In '39 I came over to London to enlist and about two years later I volunteered for this work.

- You volunteered?

- Yes, sir. You see, the regular army...

- Go ahead, you can be frank.

- Well, sir, the regular army sort of reminded me of my job in civilian life. They don't expect you to think.

- Think about this. Are you quite sure you'd be able to use it in cold blood?

- I know how to use it, sir.

- That's not what I meant. Could you use it in cold blood? Could you kill without hesitation?

- That's a question I've often asked myself, sir. It's worried me quite a bit.

- What was the answer?

- I don't honestly know, sir.

[...]

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