Victory at Sea
Documentary·War & Politics·1952·1 Seasons
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.
Starring: Leonard Graves
Episodes
Season 1
S01 | E01
DESIGN FOR WAR: Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1941
1952-10-26
S01 | E02
THE PACIFIC BOILS OVER: Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
1952-11-02
S01 | E03
SEALING THE BREACH: Anti-submarine warfare, 1941-1943
1952-11-09
S01 | E04
MIDWAY IS EAST: Japanese victories & the Midway Battle
1952-11-23
S01 | E05
MEDITERRANEAN MOSAIC: Gibraltar, Allied & enemy fleets, Malta
1952-11-30
S01 | E06
GUADALCANAL
1952-12-14
S01 | E07
RINGS AROUND RABAUL: Struggle for the Solomon Islands
1952-12-21
S01 | E08
MARE NOSTRUM: Mediterranean Command, 1940-1942
1952-12-28
S01 | E09
SEA AND SAND: Invasion of North Africa, 1942-1943
1953-01-04
S01 | E10
BENEATH THE SOUTHERN CROSS: War in the south Atlantic
1953-01-11
S01 | E11
THE MAGNETIC NORTH: War from Murmansk to Alaska
1953-01-18
S01 | E12
THE CONQUEST OF MICRONESIA: Carrier warfare--Gilberts and Marshalls
1953-01-25
S01 | E13
MELANESIAN NIGHTMARE: New Guinea campaign
1953-02-01
S01 | E14
ROMAN RENAISSANCE: Sicily and the Italian campaign
1953-02-08
S01 | E15
D-DAY: Normandy
1953-02-15
S01 | E16
KILLERS AND THE KILL: Victory in the Atlantic, 1943-1945
1953-02-22
S01 | E17
THE TURKEY SHOOT: Conquest of the Marianas
1953-03-01
S01 | E18
TWO IF BY SEA: Peleliu and Angaur
1953-03-08
S01 | E19
BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF: Sea battle for Leyte Gulf
1953-03-15
S01 | E20
RETURN OF THE ALLIES: Liberation of the Philippines
1953-03-22
Cast
Leonard Graves
Narrator
