Posted on 07/02/2013 10:04:49 PM PDT by GodfearingTexan
Brilliant documentary series that aired in the 1950s. Awesome musical score that was actually conducted by the NBC orchestra (I used to have the LP). For many Americans, this documentary served as the first extensive moving pictures of the war they'd seen. And as one person commented on one of the youtube pages, if you weren't sitting in front of your TV at the moment it aired, you missed it. How quaint. Good old days.
USS Johnston ping!
The narrative has been twisted around to the point that the Japanese and Germans became victims to a growing US military Industrial complex.
Any student of history knows the truth about WWII - the question is, do young people read any more?
Awesome!
I have the 3 CD set. Great series.
I have this entire series on dvd at my gun shop... When I get a bunch of youngsters in there that express any interest in history, I put one of the dvd’s in an let them see history in black and white. It is a new experience for them. The hardest one for me to watch is the episode on the submarine warfare in the south Pacific... I actually get to see my dad in action as a young man. I sure miss him - but at least I get to see him, even if only for a moment, and even if only in black and white. I’m still proud to call him dad, and my hero. And I miss him terribly...
Dad had the vinyl...I have the itunes files...great show....
Remember watching “Victory at Sea” as a kid, WDSU TV channel 6, think that was the only channel available at that time............Dang I’m old.
During my Naval career we’d freqently show episodes of Victory At Sea as traing films.
Scored the entire 26 episodes in a box set from a garage sale for $5.00.They were brand new never opened.Brilliant series.
Neat!
Not that Hollyweird would do it of course. Much different people in the film business back then, like Reagen, Wayne, Stewart, Murphy, and all the others that believed in the military.
I have them all. My father loved the series. He would never miss an episode. He served on Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Cape Gloucester and Peleliu. Richard Rodgers and the NBC Orchestra were fabulous.
When I say "God bless America" I mean it.I fear for your country right now and my own Australia.
please God..bless America!
Your guys have stuck with us through a helluva lot. Never met any of them during my time in RVN, but we all knew they were down south of us in I Corps and appreciated it.
I am sure the guys in the sandboxes feel the same these days. Your beer still is still as good as it gets..........
My Dad has the vinyl as well. I recall fondly whien my brother and I were kids, that record was one of a couple in regular rotation as being blasted on the Hi-Fi At 7am on Saturday mornings.
TURN TO!
Me too.
I remember begging my mother to let me stay up on Fri. night to watch the show. It was on around 11 pm.
A great series.
Produced when NBC was on our side.
My dad made an emergency landing with his B-29 at Iwo coming back from the last mission of the war.
We owe our very lives to the sacrifices made by the valiant Marines who stormed ashore Iwo Jima.
I bought mine for $5.00 at Big Lots.
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