David Lean in scale and more extensively released internationally. "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957) was based on a novel by Pierre Boulle recounting the story of British and American prisoners of war trying to survive in a Japanese prison camp during the Second World War. The film stars William Holden and Alec Guinness and became the highest-grossing film of 1957 in the United States. It won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Alec Guinness, who had battled with Lean to give more depth to his role as an obsessively correct British commander who is
Pedestrian Bridge over the Petite Decharge River Pedestrian Bridge over the Petite Decharge River The Pedestrian Bridge over the Petite Decharge River, one of the tributaries of the Saguenay River in Alma, Quebec, Canada is the first pedestrian bridge made from friction stir welded aluminium panels in Canada. The bridge was inaugurated on 29 December 2016 for the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the City of Alma. The Pedestrian Bridge over the Petite Decharge River was commissioned by the City of Alma to replace a worn concrete bridge at the same location. The construction project was conducted by Construction Proco Inc. in Saint-Nazaire and the Quebec