Victory at sea [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.
The complete 26 episode series plus six bonus war documentary programs. Title from container. Narrated by Leonard Graves. Originally produced as an NBC television series in 1952.
Contents:
Disc 3 -- Vietnam! Vietnam! Pacific boils over -- Sealing the breach -- Midway is East -- Mediterranean mosaic -- Guadalcanal -- Rings around Rabaul -- Marenstrum -- Sea and sand -- Beneath the Southern Cross -- Magnetic North -- Conquest of Micronesia -- Melanesian nightmare -- disc 2. Roman renaissance -- D-Day -- Killers and the kill -- Turkey shoot -- Two if by sea -- Battle for Leyte Gulf -- Return of the Allies -- Full fathom five -- Fate of Europe -- Target Suribachi -- Road to Mandalay -- Suicide for glory -- Design for peace -- Disc 3 -- The Revolutionary War, Vol. 1 -- The Civil War, Vol. 1 -- World War I -- WWII : The True Glory -- The First Forty Days in Korea -- Vietnam! Vietnam!
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. Plus a bonus disc featuring selections from several war documentary programs. The complete 26 episode series plus 6 bonus war documentary programs. An Emmy and Peabody award-winning TV series chronicling naval warfare during WWII. Originally aired on NBC and developed with full cooperation from the US Navy, this 26 episode program includes 13,000 hours of wartime footage and features the major battles such as the Battle of the North Atlantic, the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway. Audiences faithfully watched and admired this entertaining and relevant program. - Container.
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