Time Machine: The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai

This installment of A&E's "Time Machine" series tells the true story Lt. Col. Philip Toosey, the British officer portrayed in the Oscar-winning film The Bridge on the River Kwai who, according to his soldiers, was a hero, not a traitor. Talking to the men who fought alongside him and containing excerpts from the 50-plus hours of tapes Toosey left behind to document his wartime memories, the program tells his side of the story for the first time.