Victory at sea [videorecording] / NBC News ; produced by Henry Salomon ; written by Henry Salomon with Richard Hanser ; directed by M. Clay Adams.

Edition:

50th anniversary collector's ed.

Publication:

New York : NBC ; distributed by New Video, c2003.

Format/Description:

Video
4 videodiscs (11 hr., 30 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Subjects:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations.
World War, 1939-1945.

Form/Genre:

War television programs.
Documentary television programs.

System Details:

DVD ; Dolby digital stereo.

Summary:

The most famous historical war series ever made. A sweeping record of the naval battles of World War II.

Contents:

v. 1. Design for war ; The Pacific boils over ; Sealing the breach ; Midway is east ; Mediterranean mosaic ; Guadalcanal ; Rings around Rabaul
v. 2. Mare Nostrum ; Sea and sand ; Beneath the southern cross ; Magnetic North
The conquest of Micronesia ; Melanesian nightmare
v. 3. Roman renaissance ; D-day ; Killers and the killed ; The turkey shoot ; Two if by sea ; Battle for Leyte Gulf ; Return of the allies
v. 4. Full fathom five ; The fate of Europe ; Target Suribachi ; The road to Mandalay ; Suicide for glory ; Design for peace.

Participant:

Narrated by Leonard Graves; hosted by Peter Graves.

Credits:

Music, Richard Rodgers, arr. by Robert Russell Bennett.

Notes:

Originally broadcast by NBC 1952-1953.

Local notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Contributor:

Salomon, Henry, 1917-1958. , Producer
Hanser, Richard. , Producer
Adams, Clay. , Director
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 ,
Bennett, Robert Russell, 1894-1981 ,
Graves, Leonard. , Narrator
Graves, Peter. , Host
NBC News. , Producer
New Video Group. , Distributor
Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0767057066 (set)
0767057074 (v. 1)
0767057082 (v. 2)
0767057090 (v. 3)
0767057104 (v. 4)

OCLC:

53042824

Publisher Number:

733961709674 (set)
AAE-70967 A&E (set)
AAE-70968--AAE-70971 A&E

Web link:

The Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund Home Page

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