Victory at Sea: Season 1

Oct. 26, 1952

Duration: 30 min/episode

Rated: N/A

Status: Ended

Episodes
Info

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DESIGN FOR PEACE: Surrender of Japan & aftermath of warMay. 03, 1953
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SUICIDE FOR GLORY: OkinawaApr. 26, 1953
1 - 24
THE ROAD TO MANDALAY: China, Burma, India, and Indian OceanApr. 19, 1953
1 - 23
TARGET SURIBACHI: Iwo JimaApr. 12, 1953
1 - 22
THE FATE OF EUROPE: Black Sea, south of France, surrenderApr. 05, 1953
1 - 21
FULL FATHOM FIVE: U.S. submarinesMar. 29, 1953
1 - 20
RETURN OF THE ALLIES: Liberation of the PhilippinesMar. 22, 1953
1 - 19
BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF: Sea battle for Leyte GulfMar. 15, 1953
1 - 18
TWO IF BY SEA: Peleliu and AngaurMar. 08, 1953
1 - 17
THE TURKEY SHOOT: Conquest of the MarianasMar. 01, 1953
1 - 16
KILLERS AND THE KILL: Victory in the Atlantic, 1943-1945Feb. 22, 1953
1 - 15
D-DAY: NormandyFeb. 15, 1953
1 - 14
ROMAN RENAISSANCE: Sicily and the Italian campaignFeb. 08, 1953
1 - 13
MELANESIAN NIGHTMARE: New Guinea campaignFeb. 01, 1953
1 - 12
THE CONQUEST OF MICRONESIA: Carrier warfare--Gilberts and MarshallsJan. 25, 1953
1 - 11
THE MAGNETIC NORTH: War from Murmansk to AlaskaJan. 18, 1953
1 - 10
BENEATH THE SOUTHERN CROSS: War in the south AtlanticJan. 11, 1953
1 - 9
SEA AND SAND: Invasion of North Africa, 1942-1943Jan. 04, 1953
1 - 8
MARE NOSTRUM: Mediterranean Command, 1940-1942Dec. 28, 1952
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RINGS AROUND RABAUL: Struggle for the Solomon IslandsDec. 21, 1952
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GUADALCANALDec. 14, 1952
1 - 5
MEDITERRANEAN MOSAIC: Gibraltar, Allied & enemy fleets, MaltaNov. 30, 1952
1 - 4
MIDWAY IS EAST: Japanese victories & the Midway BattleNov. 23, 1952
1 - 3
SEALING THE BREACH: Anti-submarine warfare, 1941-1943Nov. 09, 1952
1 - 2
THE PACIFIC BOILS OVER: Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941Nov. 02, 1952
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DESIGN FOR WAR: Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1941Oct. 26, 1952

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.