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.
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Episodes
1 season · 26 episodes
- 01Design for War: Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1941
- 02The Pacific Boils Over: Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
- 03Sealing the Breach: Anti-Submarine Warfare, 1941-1943
- 04Midway is East: Japanese Victories & the Midway Battle
- 05Mediterranean Mosaic: Gibraltar, Allied & Enemy Fleets, Malta
- 06Guadalcanal
- 07Rings around Rabaul: Struggle for the Solomon Islands
- 08Mare Nostrum: Mediterranean Command, 1940-1942
- 09Sea and Sand: Invasion of North Africa, 1942-1943
- 10Beneath the Southern Cross: War in the South Atlantic
- 11The Magnetic North: War from Murmansk to Alaska
- 12The Conquest of Micronesia: Carrier Warfare--Gilberts and Marshalls
- 13Melanesian Nightmare: New Guinea Campaign
- 14Roman Renaissance: Sicily and the Italian Campaign
- 15D-Day: Normandy
- 16Killers and the Killed: Victory in the Atlantic, 1943-1945
- 17The Turkey Shoot: Conquest of the Marianas
- 18Two if by Sea: Peleliu and Angaur
- 19Battle for Leyte Gulf: Sea Battle for Leyte Gulf
- 20Return of the Allies: Liberation of the Philippines
- 21Full Fathom Five: U.S. Submarines
- 22The Fate of Europe: Black Sea, South of France, Surrender
- 23Target Suribachi: Iwo Jima
- 24The Road to Mandalay: China, Burma, India, and Indian Ocean
- 25Suicide for Glory: Okinawa
- 26Design for Peace: Surrender of Japan & Aftermath of War
Series details
- director
- M. Clay Adams
- year
- 1952
- type
- Series
- Episodes
- 1 season · 26 episodes