MOVIE: The Bridge on the River Kwai, 1957 STARRING: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins PLOT: British POWs build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, oblivious of the Allies' plans to destroy it. | The Fabulous Fifties

96K views · 3.9K reactions | Bridge over the River Kwai Tune is called Lest We Forget, composed by Stuart Samson ex Gordon Highlanders. I picked this tune because of the Gordon Highlander connection, many of dead were Gordon Highlanders and Argyll’s. | Duty Piper | Facebook

438K views · 1.4K reactions | Short clip from the BFI of a train going over the old railway bridge in 1898, passing through the town station. Not particularly rare, I'm sure many of you have seen it before, but as I just chanced upon it again & it made me smile - I thought I'd share it with you. :-) | Barnstaple History | Facebook