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.
Top Cast
Leonard Graves
Narrator
Episodes
DESIGN FOR WAR: Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1941
Oct 26, 1952
THE PACIFIC BOILS OVER: Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
Nov 02, 1952
SEALING THE BREACH: Anti-submarine warfare, 1941-1943
Nov 09, 1952
MIDWAY IS EAST: Japanese victories & the Midway Battle
Nov 23, 1952
MEDITERRANEAN MOSAIC: Gibraltar, Allied & enemy fleets, Malta
Nov 30, 1952
GUADALCANAL
Dec 14, 1952
RINGS AROUND RABAUL: Struggle for the Solomon Islands
Dec 21, 1952
MARE NOSTRUM: Mediterranean Command, 1940-1942
Dec 28, 1952
SEA AND SAND: Invasion of North Africa, 1942-1943
Jan 04, 1953
BENEATH THE SOUTHERN CROSS: War in the south Atlantic
Jan 11, 1953
THE MAGNETIC NORTH: War from Murmansk to Alaska
Jan 18, 1953
THE CONQUEST OF MICRONESIA: Carrier warfare--Gilberts and Marshalls
Jan 25, 1953
MELANESIAN NIGHTMARE: New Guinea campaign
Feb 01, 1953
ROMAN RENAISSANCE: Sicily and the Italian campaign
Feb 08, 1953
D-DAY: Normandy
Feb 15, 1953
KILLERS AND THE KILL: Victory in the Atlantic, 1943-1945
Feb 22, 1953
THE TURKEY SHOOT: Conquest of the Marianas
Mar 01, 1953
TWO IF BY SEA: Peleliu and Angaur
Mar 08, 1953
BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF: Sea battle for Leyte Gulf
Mar 15, 1953
RETURN OF THE ALLIES: Liberation of the Philippines
Mar 22, 1953
FULL FATHOM FIVE: U.S. submarines
Mar 29, 1953
THE FATE OF EUROPE: Black Sea, south of France, surrender
Apr 05, 1953
TARGET SURIBACHI: Iwo Jima
Apr 12, 1953
THE ROAD TO MANDALAY: China, Burma, India, and Indian Ocean
Apr 19, 1953
SUICIDE FOR GLORY: Okinawa
Apr 26, 1953
DESIGN FOR PEACE: Surrender of Japan & aftermath of war
May 03, 1953
