| Description |
3 videodiscs (936 min.) : sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
The complete 26 episode series plus six bonus war documentary programs. |
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Title from container. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Design for war -- Pacific boils over -- Sealing the breach -- Midway is East -- Mediterranean mosaic -- Guadalcanal -- Rings around Rabaul -- Marenstrum -- Sea and sand -- Beneath the Southern Cross -- Magnetic North -- Conquest of Micronesia -- Melanesian nightmare -- disc 2. Roman renaissance -- D-Day -- Killers and the kill -- Turkey shoot -- Two if by sea -- Battle for Leyte Gulf -- Return of the Allies -- Full fathom five -- Fate of Europe -- Target Suribachi -- Road to Mandalay -- Suicide for glory -- Design for peace -- Disc 3 -- The Revolutionary War, Vol. 1 -- The Civil War, Vol. 1 -- World War I -- WWII : The True Glory -- The First Forty Days in Korea -- Vietnam! Vietnam! |
| Summary |
The original full-length episodes of the award-winning series made exclusively for television and containing actual live action footage. The videos introduce the campaigns and action of World War II, concentrating on battles and action at sea. Plus a bonus disc featuring selections from several war documentary programs. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Note |
Originally produced as an NBC television series in 1952. |
| Credits |
Original musical score, Richard Rodgers; music arranged by Robert Russell Bennett conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra; edited by Isaac Kleinerman. |
| Performer |
Narrated by Leonard Graves. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations.
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| Added Author |
Graves, Leonard.
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Adams, Clay.
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Salomon, Henry, 1917-1958.
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Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979.
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National Broadcasting Company.
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Mill Creek Entertainment.
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| Added Title |
Victory at sea (Television program)
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| Standard No. |
683904528247 |
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