
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.
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Air Date: 1952-10-26
World War II comes, and Germany succeeds in invading Poland and France. But is held back by England thanks to the vit...
Air Date: 1952-11-02
Using Japanese footage, we see the planning, execution, and ultimately the celebration of the Asian country's attack ...
Air Date: 1952-11-09
With war now declared on the U.S. front, naval forces throughout the states have banded together to bring convoys of ...
Air Date: 1952-11-23
Japan is ascendant as it successfully invades Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines. But the Americans draw first ...
Air Date: 1952-11-30
World War II comes to the Mediterranean Sea as Italian, French and British naval forces flex their muscle. British fo...
Air Date: 1952-12-14
After training in Australia and New Zealand, the U.S. Marines land on Guadalcanal. The U.S. Navy suffers defeat after...
Air Date: 1952-12-21
The Japanese Navy is ascendant in its conquests, of which its linchpin is the main base at Rabaul in the New Britain ...
Air Date: 1952-12-28
Mussolini calls the Mediterranean "mare nostrum"--our sea. And seeks to exploit it to the full. British and Greek mil...
Air Date: 1953-01-04
The Soviet Union demand a "second front" as their country struggles under the might of the Nazis. The wish is granted...
Air Date: 1953-01-11
The South Atlantic becomes a front in the overall Battle of the Atlantic, from the pursuit of the Graf Spee to the ba...
Air Date: 1953-01-18
This episode of Victory at Sea explores the battles between the Allies and Germans over the Arctic Circle, and the co...
Air Date: 1953-01-25
The ubiquitous aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy goes into the attack in the Central Pacific at the Gilberts and Mars...
Air Date: 1953-02-01
The Allies are victorious in New Guinea as they repel the Japanese. They thus bring the fight through a series of isl...
Air Date: 1953-02-08
While Hitler's Germany starts its decline, Mussolini's Italy falls. Eventually, as destruction is heaped upon Naples ...
Air Date: 1953-02-15
The Allied invasion of Normandy--from preparation to execution--is detailed to very compelling effect courtesy of vin...
Air Date: 1953-02-22
The U-Boats are ascendant, and their triumphs trumpeted over Germany. But the Allies hit back with new bases in lands...
Air Date: 1953-03-01
Guam, a U.S. territory, gets invaded by Japan a few days after Pearl Harbor and remains under occupation for two and ...
Air Date: 1953-03-08
Before the Philippines, the United States first attacks Peleliu and Anguar. Through communiques, we follow the bloody...
Air Date: 1953-03-15
The Japanese fleet is fast disappearing, and the Imperial Navy conducts its last major operation in the Philippines. ...
Air Date: 1953-03-22
Just after the U.S. entered World War II, the Japanese conquered the Commonwealth of the Philippines, an American pro...
Air Date: 1953-03-29
In this episode of Victory at Sea, we see how the U.S. Navy's submarines contributed to the Japanese empire's downfal...
Air Date: 1953-04-05
Sevastopol was liberated, and the Allies finally crush Germany. We also witness the meeting of Roosevelt, Churchill, ...
Air Date: 1953-04-12
The United States fought two battles here--the U.S. Marines at Iwo Jima against the Japanese, and the U.S. Navy again...
Air Date: 1953-04-19
Japan invades China in 1936, but the Japanese are not satisfied, and they began to invade Indochina and Thailand, pav...
Air Date: 1953-04-26
In one last ditch effort at glory, having lost most of their best men in military actions, Japan employs suicide pilo...
Air Date: 1953-05-03
The atomic bomb is detonated, and its effects demonstrated at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. With that, Japan surrenders, an...