Video: 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' trailer

(Wednesday, October 2, 1957) — The Bridge on the River Kwai, a British-American epic war film about World War II POWs forced by the Japanese Army to build a strategic bridge in Burma, premiered tonight in London.

Directed by David Lean, the film starred William Holden, Jack Hawkins and Alec Guinness.

Video: 'The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - Movie' (8 videos)