Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Windborne Productions Recordings of Ernest Gordon
Windborne Productions
C1594
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1 box
1991 May
Consists of eleven Betacam video tapes containing an interview of Ernest Gordon (1916-2002) about his capture and internment in the Japanese camps in Burma and Siam (now Myanmar and Thailand) during World War II, along with raw scenes, stills, and B-roll. The videos were shot in the Princeton University Chapel in May 1991 by Windborne Productions, which was then working on a project to turn Gordon's book Through the Valley of the Kwai into a feature film.
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Consists of eleven Betacam video tapes containing recordings of an interview of Ernest Gordon (1916-2002), along with raw scenes, stills, and B-roll. The videos were shot in the Princeton University Chapel in May 1991 by Windborne Productions under the direction of Karen Pascal. At the time, Windborne had optioned Gordon's book Through the Valley of the Kwai to make a feature film, so the interview focuses on Gordon's capture and internment in the Japanese camps in Burma and Siam (now Myanmar and Thailand) during World War II. The company did not ultimately succeed in making the film, but portions of these interviews were later used to create short episodes for a Canadian television program called 100 Huntley Street.
Arrangement
Arrangement follows a numerical scheme implemented by the creator.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Karen Pascal in 2018 (AM 2018-64).
Appraisal
No materials were removed from the collection during 2019 processing.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Kelly Bolding in January 2019. Finding aid written by Kelly Bolding in January 2019.
Windborne Productions
Biographical / Historical
Windborne Productions is a Canadian television and film production company that specializes in documentaries and dramas. Filmmaker Karen Pascal is the founder and president.
College chaplains -- New Jersey -- Princeton. -- 20th century
Ex-prisoners of war -- United States -- 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Interviews
Videocassettes
Princeton University. Chapel
Gordon, Ernest (1916-2002)
Pascal, Karen
Gordon, Ernest (1916-2002)
Biographical / Historical
Ernest Gordon was a former Presbyterian dean of the chapel at Princeton University. During World War II, he was a Japanese prisoner of war and helped build the infamous "Bridge Over the River Kwai."
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