Victory at Sea - Season 1 - Eps 1: DESIGN FOR WAR: Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1941
World War II comes, and Germany succeeds in invading Poland and France. But is held back by England thanks to the vital convoys, Canada and the American naval forces' initial involvement, and Lend-Lease. Still, the German submarine war increases to its crescendo thanks to new French bases.
About Victory at Sea
Title: Victory at Sea
First Air Date: 1952-10-26
Last Air Date: 1953-05-03
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.5/10 (from 8 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 26
Network: NBC
Genres: Documentary, War & Politics
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Leonard Graves
Narrator
