Victory at sea : the legendary World War II documentary

Author

Henry Salomon

Call Number

• DVD 940.545 V646 [multiple volumes] (CEN)

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Edition

50th anniversary collector's ed.

Performers

Narrated by Leonard Graves ; hosted by Peter Graves.

Publication Information

[United States] : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, c2003.

Physical Description

4 videodiscs (11 hrs., 30 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Considered the most influential documentary in television history, Victory at sea represents over 13,000 hours of footage shot by the U.S., British, German, and Japanese navies during World War II. It offers a remarkable look at the realities of naval warfare and the extraordinary challenges faced by the Allies. From U-boat "wolf packs" to the epic battles at Iwo Jima and Okinawa, every major naval engagement of World War II is captured in some of the most riveting combat footage ever shot.

Notes

DVD format, Region 1 encoding ; Dolby digital stereo.

Videorelease of the documentary film originally broadcast by NBC in 1952-1953.

Not rated.

Special features include: Episode introductions with Peter Graves ; interactive menus ; scene selection.

Presented in its original 1962 format.

Contents

• Design for war ; The Pacific boils over ; Sealing the breach ; Midway is east ; Mediterranean mosaic ; Guadalcanal ; Rings around Rabaul
• Mare Nostrum ; Sea and sand ; Beneath the Southern Cross ; Magnetic North
• The conquest of Micronesia ; Melanesian nightmare
• Roman renaissance ; D-day ; Killers and the killed ; The turkey shoot ; Two if by sea ; Battle for Leyte Gulf ; Return of the allies
• Full fathom five ; The fate of Europe ; Target Suribachi ; The road to Mandalay ; Suicide for glory ; Design for peace.