Victory at Sea - Season 1 - Eps 19: BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF: Sea battle for Leyte Gulf
The Japanese fleet is fast disappearing, and the Imperial Navy conducts its last major operation in the Philippines. It ends in debacle: The risen battleships of Pearl Harbor avenge the attack in Surigao Strait, the Center Force is defeated in Sibuyan Sea, the jeep carriers and destroyers heroically fend off a stronger Japanese force near Samar, and their remaining aircraft carriers were sunk. This Victory at Sea segment marked the counting of the days until the Japanese would accept defeat and surrender to the allies.
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
