Seasons and episodes
1Season 1 Oct. 26, 1952
1 - 1DESIGN FOR WAR: Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1941 Oct. 26, 1952
1 - 2THE PACIFIC BOILS OVER: Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 Nov. 02, 1952
1 - 3SEALING THE BREACH: Anti-submarine warfare, 1941-1943 Nov. 09, 1952
1 - 4MIDWAY IS EAST: Japanese victories & the Midway Battle Nov. 23, 1952
1 - 5
1 - 6GUADALCANAL Dec. 14, 1952
1 - 7RINGS AROUND RABAUL: Struggle for the Solomon Islands Dec. 21, 1952
1 - 8MARE NOSTRUM: Mediterranean Command, 1940-1942 Dec. 28, 1952
1 - 9SEA AND SAND: Invasion of North Africa, 1942-1943 Jan. 04, 1953
1 - 10BENEATH THE SOUTHERN CROSS: War in the south Atlantic Jan. 11, 1953
1 - 11THE MAGNETIC NORTH: War from Murmansk to Alaska Jan. 18, 1953
1 - 12
1 - 13MELANESIAN NIGHTMARE: New Guinea campaign Feb. 01, 1953
1 - 14ROMAN RENAISSANCE: Sicily and the Italian campaign Feb. 08, 1953
1 - 15D-DAY: Normandy Feb. 15, 1953
1 - 16KILLERS AND THE KILL: Victory in the Atlantic, 1943-1945 Feb. 22, 1953
1 - 17THE TURKEY SHOOT: Conquest of the Marianas Mar. 01, 1953
1 - 18TWO IF BY SEA: Peleliu and Angaur Mar. 08, 1953
1 - 19BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF: Sea battle for Leyte Gulf Mar. 15, 1953
1 - 20RETURN OF THE ALLIES: Liberation of the Philippines Mar. 22, 1953
1 - 21FULL FATHOM FIVE: U.S. submarines Mar. 29, 1953
1 - 22
1 - 23TARGET SURIBACHI: Iwo Jima Apr. 12, 1953
1 - 24
1 - 25SUICIDE FOR GLORY: Okinawa Apr. 26, 1953
1 - 26DESIGN FOR PEACE: Surrender of Japan & aftermath of war May. 03, 1953
Synopsis
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.
Original title Victory at Sea
TMDb Rating 8.5
First air date Oct. 26, 1952
Last air date May. 03, 1953
Average Duration 30 minutes
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