I visited this location about 25 years ago on a trip to Sri Lanka, the guide at that time was a man who said he had been in the film as a young boy, in the scene where William Holden, after escaping the camp, staggers out of the jungle, delirious and almost dead with exhaustion ,and he thinks he is being attacked by vultures when in fact it is village children flying a kite shaped like a bird that swoops down on him, anyway our guide was one of the children in the movie and he must be related to the lady in this clip as he made a living giving tours and lived by the side of the river. He had a small coracle boat and he rowed myself and my partner over to the opposite river bank, I remember the large round holes drilled in the rocks to anchor the main wooden pylons of the bridge that was built for the movie. I have to say it was quite a magical experience being in the actual location, and all those very big flying Bats that are in the movie are still there!!

This was the lady we met years ago, in sri Lanka while actually looking for the bridge location. Her house was just close by . She makes a little bit of her living from helping tourists. I remember walking across the bridge shown in the video and seeing rafters on the river .A beautiful location. Good video.

I was always fascinated about the location of the bridge.

I celebrated my birthday in that place ..nice restaurant ..river is so calming

This is amazing. Important piece of movie history. I love the fact that this lady knows and remembers so much about the production.

“Be happy in your work!”

Thank you for sharing 🏆🏆🏆🙏🛐

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Where are the Large Rock Pools in this Movie Shot?

Who is this lady? she has valuable information about the film.. As a school boy I was living in Avissawella and I have seen trucks carrying old railway engine and apartments

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I have seen original bridge in Kanchanaburi, Thailand and after seeing this video my interest is growing to see the shooting location also. Nice video Sir! What happened to the bombed out wooden bridge? Any residue still exists? If we turn up from Colombo by taxi, an we have any hotel nearby there?

Hi Rohan, Great work. We share some common interest. I am a great fan of Sir Davin lean, even we are palnning to visit this location. Need ur support and information, How can i contact you?