Victory at Sea
tv show

26 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired October 26, 1952
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Overview
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.
Season 1
26 episodes
Air Date
October 26, 1952
DESIGN FOR WAR: Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1941
Episode 1 - 30m
October 26, 1952
THE PACIFIC BOILS OVER: Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
Episode 2 - 30m
November 02, 1952
SEALING THE BREACH: Anti-submarine warfare, 1941-1943
Episode 3 - 30m
November 09, 1952
MIDWAY IS EAST: Japanese victories & the Midway Battle
Episode 4 - 30m
November 23, 1952
MEDITERRANEAN MOSAIC: Gibraltar, Allied & enemy fleets, Malta
Episode 5 - 30m
November 30, 1952
GUADALCANAL
Episode 6 - 30m
December 14, 1952
RINGS AROUND RABAUL: Struggle for the Solomon Islands
Episode 7 - 30m
December 21, 1952
MARE NOSTRUM: Mediterranean Command, 1940-1942
Episode 8 - 30m
December 28, 1952
SEA AND SAND: Invasion of North Africa, 1942-1943
Episode 9 - 30m
January 04, 1953
BENEATH THE SOUTHERN CROSS: War in the south Atlantic
Episode 10 - 30m
January 11, 1953
THE MAGNETIC NORTH: War from Murmansk to Alaska
Episode 11 - 30m
January 18, 1953
THE CONQUEST OF MICRONESIA: Carrier warfare--Gilberts and Marshalls
Episode 12 - 30m
January 25, 1953
MELANESIAN NIGHTMARE: New Guinea campaign
Episode 13 - 30m
February 01, 1953
ROMAN RENAISSANCE: Sicily and the Italian campaign
Episode 14 - 30m
February 08, 1953
D-DAY: Normandy
Episode 15 - 30m
February 15, 1953
KILLERS AND THE KILL: Victory in the Atlantic, 1943-1945
Episode 16 - 30m
February 22, 1953
THE TURKEY SHOOT: Conquest of the Marianas
Episode 17 - 30m
March 01, 1953
TWO IF BY SEA: Peleliu and Angaur
Episode 18 - 30m
March 08, 1953
BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF: Sea battle for Leyte Gulf
Episode 19 - 30m
March 15, 1953
RETURN OF THE ALLIES: Liberation of the Philippines
Episode 20 - 30m
March 22, 1953
FULL FATHOM FIVE: U.S. submarines
Episode 21 - 30m
March 29, 1953
THE FATE OF EUROPE: Black Sea, south of France, surrender
Episode 22 - 30m
April 05, 1953
TARGET SURIBACHI: Iwo Jima
Episode 23 - 30m
April 12, 1953
THE ROAD TO MANDALAY: China, Burma, India, and Indian Ocean
Episode 24 - 30m
April 19, 1953
SUICIDE FOR GLORY: Okinawa
Episode 25 - 30m
April 26, 1953
DESIGN FOR PEACE: Surrender of Japan & aftermath of war
Episode 26 - 30m
May 03, 1953