
Victory at Sea
Victory at Sea is a documentary television series about naval warfare during World War II that was originally broadcast by NBC in the USA in 1952–1953. It was condensed into a film in 1954. Excerpts from the music soundtrack, by Richard Rodgers and R...
Victory at Sea
Victory at Sea is a documentary television series about naval warfare during World War II that was originally broadcast by NBC in the USA in 1952–1953. It was condensed into a film in 1954. Excerpts from the music soundtrack, by Richard Rodgers and Robert Russell Bennett, were re-recorded and sold as record albums. The original TV broadcasts comprised 26 half-hour segments—Sunday afternoons at 3pm in most markets—starting October 26, 1952 and ending May 3, 1953. The series, which won an Emmy award in 1954 as "best public affairs program", played an important part in establishing historic "compilation" documentaries as a viable television genre. Over 13,000 hours of footage gathered from US, British, German and Japanese navies during World War II were perused in the making of these compelling episodes.
Victory at Sea
Victory at Sea is a documentary television series about naval warfare during World War II that was originally broadcast by NBC in the USA in 1952–1953. It was condensed into a film in 1954. Excerpts from the music soundtrack, by Richard Rodgers and R...

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Episode 1: DESIGN FOR WAR: Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1941
World War II comes, and Germany succeeds in invading Poland and France. But is held back by England...

Episode 2: THE PACIFIC BOILS OVER: Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
Using Japanese footage, we see the planning, execution, and ultimately the celebration of the Asian...

Episode 3: SEALING THE BREACH: Anti-submarine warfare, 1941-1943
With war now declared on the U.S. front, naval forces throughout the states have banded together to...

Episode 4: MIDWAY IS EAST: Japanese victories & the Midway Battle
Japan is ascendant as it successfully invades Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines. But the Amer...

Episode 5: MEDITERRANEAN MOSAIC: Gibraltar, Allied & enemy fleets, Malta
World War II comes to the Mediterranean Sea as Italian, French and British naval forces flex their m...

Episode 6: GUADALCANAL
After training in Australia and New Zealand, the U.S. Marines land on Guadalcanal. The U.S. Navy suf...

Episode 7: RINGS AROUND RABAUL: Struggle for the Solomon Islands
The Japanese Navy is ascendant in its conquests, of which its linchpin is the main base at Rabaul in...

Episode 8: MARE NOSTRUM: Mediterranean Command, 1940-1942
Mussolini calls the Mediterranean "mare nostrum"--our sea. And seeks to exploit it to the full. Brit...

Episode 9: SEA AND SAND: Invasion of North Africa, 1942-1943
The Soviet Union demand a "second front" as their country struggles under the might of the Nazis. Th...

Episode 10: BENEATH THE SOUTHERN CROSS: War in the south Atlantic
The South Atlantic becomes a front in the overall Battle of the Atlantic, from the pursuit of the Gr...

Episode 11: THE MAGNETIC NORTH: War from Murmansk to Alaska
This episode of Victory at Sea explores the battles between the Allies and Germans over the Arctic C...

Episode 12: THE CONQUEST OF MICRONESIA: Carrier warfare--Gilberts and Marshalls
The ubiquitous aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy goes into the attack in the Central Pacific at the...

Episode 13: MELANESIAN NIGHTMARE: New Guinea campaign
The Allies are victorious in New Guinea as they repel the Japanese. They thus bring the fight throug...

Episode 14: ROMAN RENAISSANCE: Sicily and the Italian campaign
While Hitler's Germany starts its decline, Mussolini's Italy falls. Eventually, as destruction is he...

Episode 15: D-DAY: Normandy
The Allied invasion of Normandy--from preparation to execution--is detailed to very compelling effec...

Episode 16: KILLERS AND THE KILL: Victory in the Atlantic, 1943-1945
The U-Boats are ascendant, and their triumphs trumpeted over Germany. But the Allies hit back with n...

Episode 17: THE TURKEY SHOOT: Conquest of the Marianas
Guam, a U.S. territory, gets invaded by Japan a few days after Pearl Harbor and remains under occupa...

Episode 18: TWO IF BY SEA: Peleliu and Angaur
Before the Philippines, the United States first attacks Peleliu and Anguar. Through communiques, we...

Episode 19: BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF: Sea battle for Leyte Gulf
The Japanese fleet is fast disappearing, and the Imperial Navy conducts its last major operation in...

Episode 20: RETURN OF THE ALLIES: Liberation of the Philippines
Just after the U.S. entered World War II, the Japanese conquered the Commonwealth of the Philippines...

Episode 21: FULL FATHOM FIVE: U.S. submarines
In this episode of Victory at Sea, we see how the U.S. Navy's submarines contributed to the Japanese...

Episode 22: THE FATE OF EUROPE: Black Sea, south of France, surrender
Sevastopol was liberated, and the Allies finally crush Germany. We also witness the meeting of Roose...

Episode 23: TARGET SURIBACHI: Iwo Jima
The United States fought two battles here--the U.S. Marines at Iwo Jima against the Japanese, and th...

Episode 24: THE ROAD TO MANDALAY: China, Burma, India, and Indian Ocean
Japan invades China in 1936, but the Japanese are not satisfied, and they began to invade Indochina...

Episode 25: SUICIDE FOR GLORY: Okinawa
In one last ditch effort at glory, having lost most of their best men in military actions, Japan emp...

Episode 26: DESIGN FOR PEACE: Surrender of Japan & aftermath of war
The atomic bomb is detonated, and its effects demonstrated at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. With that, Jap...
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