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The Premiere of The Bridge on the River Kwai

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Oct 2, 202616:42Society & Culture

October 2, 1957. After a hot debate between filmmakers and the British military, the film The Bridge on the River Kwai makes waves. Based on the construction of the Burma Railway, former POWs and war artists lament the f...

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