Movie Theme Song from The Bridge on the River Kwai Movie- Colonel Bogey March

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Theme Song from The Bridge on the River Kwai Movie - Colonel Bogey March. This is a tribute to the approximately 15,000 POW soldiers who lost their lives building the "River Kwai Railway" during WWII. The music played is the theme song to the movie "The Bridge on the River Kwai". The theme song from The Bridge on the River Kwai movie is called "Colonel Bogey March". The song is even played in the background at the "Death Railway" Museum. The photos accompanying the music are from the Kanchanaburi Cemetery This cemetery is the largest of three on the Burma-Siam Railway, and is located near the site of the former "Kanburi" Prisoner of War Base Camp through which most prisoners passed on their way to other camps. Also included are photos of the real Bridge on the River Kwai which is located in Thailand. Wiki writes about the song Colonel Bogey March, "The “Colonel Bogey March” is a popular march that was written in 1914 by Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts (1881–1945) (a.k.a. Kenneth J. Alford), a British Army bandmaster who later became the director of music for the Royal Marines at Plymouth...English composer Malcolm Arnold added a counter-march, which he titled "The River Kwai March," for the 1957 dramatic film The Bridge on the River Kwai, set during World War II. The two marches were recorded together by Mitch Miller as "March from the River Kwai – Colonel Bogey." Consequently, the "Colonel Bogey March" is often mis-credited as "River Kwai March." While Arnold did use "Colonel Bogey" in his score for the film, it was only the first theme and a bit of the second theme of "Colonel Bogey," whistled unaccompanied by the British prisoners several times as they marched into the prison camp..." Wiki writes about, "The Kanchanaburi War Cemetery (known locally as the Don-Rak War Cemetery) is the main Prisoner of War (POW) cemetery associated with victims of the Burma Railway. It is located on the main road (Saeng Chuto Road) through the town of Kanchanaburi, Thailand, adjacent to an older Chinese cemetery. It was designed by Colin St Clair Oakes and is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. There are 6,982 former POWs buried there, mostly Australian, British and Dutch. It contains the remains of prisoners buried beside the south section of the railway from Bangkok to Nieke apart from those identified as Americans, whose remains were repatriated..." Watch all our Thailand videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvf2se_0CP8&list=PLFZOg4H3C0gH4JpkL5XgJFYvz-VzNUper OUR INSTAGRAM Profiles: Travelleryt1 - https://instagram.com/travelleryt1 CopenhagenInFocus - https://instagram.com/copenhageninfocus (Our at home Profile) WANT TO USE OUR VIDEO FOOTAGE? License & Download our Footage here: - Shutterstock: https://www.shutterstock.com/en/g/FinDan+Media?rid=300826091 - Pond5: https://www.pond5.com/artist/TravellerMedia?ref=TravellerMedia PAYPAL DONATIONS - Thank you for your Support! ;-) Your support helps us bring you more videos like this. https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/TravellerYT #Travelleryt #ColonelBogeyMarch #Moviesoundtracks #Bridgeontheriverkwai