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Victory at Sea - The Legendary World War II Documentary (History Channel)

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: A&E
EAN: 9780767057066
Format: Box set, Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0767057066
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 30, 2003
Running Time: 690 minutes
Sales Rank: 2870
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 26, 1952



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Product Description:
Considered the most influential documentary in television history VICTORY AT SEA in the words of Harper s Weekly 'created a new art form.' The 26 half-hour episodes were culled from over 13000 hours of footage shot by the U.S. British German and Japanese navies during World War II. Narrated by Leonard Graves and set to a score by Richard Rodgers this program offered a remarkable look at the realities of naval warfare and the extraordinary challenges faced by the Allies. From U-boat 'Wolfpacks' 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.Now the complete landmark series is available on DVD for the first time. And to celebrate this 50th anniversary release television legend Peter Graves (Mission Impossible) enriches the viewing experience by framing each classic episode of this Emmy® and Peabody® award-winning series against the World War II cultural and political landscape. From U-boat 'Wolfpacks' 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.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. UPC: 733961709674 Manufacturer No: AAE-70967

Amazon.com:
A 26-episode World War II documentary, Victory at Sea is one of the most important series in the history of television. Made in 1952, the show was a huge success, winning many major awards and even spawning albums featuring the orchestral score by Richard Rodgers, best known for his musicals with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. Produced with the full cooperation of the U.S. Navy, each 26-minute program consists of black-and-white wartime film set to a narration by Leonard Graves. The two years leading up to America's entry into the war are dismissed in episode one, while the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor gets a show of its own, the raid depicted in a brilliantly edited montage that almost certainly contains 'docu-drama' footage. Each episode contains at least one powerful stand-alone sequence in the tradition of Serge Eisenstein (Battleship Potemkin), these action-suspense set-pieces giving the programs an urgent, surprisingly modern feel. Indeed, the emphasis is at least as much on entertainment as information, the factual content delivered in poetic narration, the score transforming the war into a more than usually serious Hollywood adventure. The documentaries are nothing if not wide-ranging, covering parts of the land war despite the title, and including everything from the Atlantic convoys and U-boat 'Wolfpacks' to war in Alaska, the South Atlantic, and the Far East, the Pacific War, and the Fall of Japan. There is an attempt to include other nations--certainly the D-Day episode acknowledges the British far more than Saving Private Ryan--but inevitably the focus is on America's war. The very dated narration gives a fascinating insight into how America saw WWII in the early 1950s, while the dynamic cutting and often genuinely remarkable wartime footage make Victory at Sea still gripping today. Twenty years later, Granada's The World at War would become the definitive television WWII history, but this release offers a unique opportunity to see a series of great importance from the very early days of television. --Gary S. Dalkin



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - victory at sea
it has been too many years since I have seen this documentary. A welcome addition to my military DVD ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Victory at Sea DVD collection
Superior historical footage; interesting and informative. Black and white footage filmed in realtime ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Style quite dated & often annoying but the content often provides a different perspective on aspects of WW2
This DVD uses ancient reviews to substantiate its claim to being an excellent video. Whilst it might in ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Nice improvement over VHS
I have loved the series since watching it as a child on TV with my father and uncles who had all served ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Impressive!
A must see for anyone interested in an accurate depiction of major events of World War II. Free from revisionist ... Read More

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