Victory at sea. #P25,26,27 [videorecording] / [a production of the National Broadcasting Company in cooperation with the United States Navy] ; produced by Henry Salomon ; directed by M. Clay Adams ; written by Henry Salomon with Richard Hanser.
Originally produced as an NBC television series in 1952. Title from container. Narrated by Leonard Graves.
Contents:
Disk 1. Design for war -- The Pacific boils over -- Sealing the breach -- Midway is East -- Mediterranean mosaic -- Guadalcanal -- Rings around Rabaul -- Marenstrum -- Sea and sand -- Beneath the Southern Cross -- The magnetic North -- Conquest of Micronesia -- Melanesian nightmare -- Disc 2: Roman renaissance -- D-Day -- Killers and the kill -- The turkey shoot -- Two if by sea -- disk 3. The battle for Leyte Gulf -- Return of the Allies -- Full fathom five -- The fate of Europe -- Target Suribachi -- The road to Mandalay -- Suicide for glory -- Design for peace --Disc 3 America's Wars.
Summary:
The original full-length episodes of the award-winning series made exclusively for television and containing actual live action footage. The videos introduce the campaigns and action of World War II, concentrating on battles and action at sea.
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