The epic classic 1957 film "The Bridge on the River Kwai" opening sequence features British WWII POWs being marched into a Japanese POW camp, whistling the "Colonel Bogey March" written in 1914. This became a widely remembered facet of the film. No lyrics apparently accompanied the original piece by Kenneth Alford (aka Lt. Frederick), but around WWII an unofficial set of lyrics to the tune became widely known among British soldiers and the British public, focused on reported abnormalities in Hitler's, Goering's, Himmler's, and Goebbel's anatomies, which I won't specify here.
Sidenote: The film shows scenes of large formations of British POWs. In fact, it was not economical to bring large numbers of extras from Britain to the shooting site in Ceylon. So only the rows of actors closer to the camera were British, reportedly further back they were locals in white face.
BTW, I know I'm not the most diligent hashtagger, but I've been asked to tag these film-related posts somehow. So I guess I'll throw #film and #films and #movies on them when I remember.
@lauren Related, in the original West Side Story, Rita Moreno was the only Hispanic actor of the principals, so in order to have her not look weird, she performed her part in brown-face.
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