DVD

Victory at sea

Graves, Leonard. (Added Author). Adams, Clay. (Added Author). Salomon, Henry. (Added Author). Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 (Added Author). National Broadcasting Company. (Added Author). Mill Creek Entertainment (Added Author).

Summary: The original full-length episodes of the award-winning series made exclusively for television and containing actual live action footage. The videos introduce the campaigns and action of World War II, concentrating on battles and action at sea.

Record details

Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (685 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
videodisc
videorecording
Edition: Collector's ed.
Publisher: [United States] : Mill Creek Entertainment, c2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally produced as an NBC television series in 1952. All 26 episodes of the groundbreaking series some have called "The best WWII documentary ever filmed". Title from container.
Formatted Contents Note:	Disk 1. Design for war -- Pacific boils over -- Sealing the breach -- Midway is East -- Mediterranean mosaic -- Guadalcanal -- Rings around Rabaul -- Marenstrum -- Sea and sand -- Beneath the Southern Cross -- Magnetic North -- Conquest of Micronesia -- Melanesian nightmare -- disk 2. Roman renaissance -- D-Day -- Killers and the kill -- Turkey shoot -- Two if by sea -- Battle for Leyte Gulf -- Return of the Allies -- Full fathom five -- Fate of Europe -- Target Suribachi -- Road to Mandalay -- Suicide for glory -- Design for peace.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Original musical score, Richard Rodgers; music arranged by Robert Russell Bennett conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra; edited by Isaac Kleinerman.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrated by Leonard Graves.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD.