Description |
3 videodiscs (approximately 745 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
Blu-ray, HD, widescreen, 1080/24P. Requires Blu-ray player. Region: World Wide. |
Cast |
Narrated by Leonard Graves ; Score, Richard Rodgers. |
Note |
Originally broadcast by NBC 1952-1953 in 26 episodes. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Summary |
The most famous historical war series ever made. A sweeping record of the naval battles of World War II. |
Contents |
Disc 1. Design for war ; Pacific boils over ; Sealing the breach ; Midway is east ; Mediterranean mosaic ; Guadalcanal ; Guadacanal special commentary [audio] ; Rings around Rabaul ; Mare Nostrum -- disc 2. Sea and sand ; Beneath the southern cross ; Magnetic North -- Conquest of Micronesia ; Melanesian nightmare ; Roman renaissance ; D-day ; Killers and the killed ; Turkey shoot -- Disc 3. 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. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations.
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World War, 1939-1945.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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War films.
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Subject |
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
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Chronological Term |
1939 - 1945
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Subject |
Sea control. (OCoLC)fst01110020
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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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Hanser, Richard.
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Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979.
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National Broadcasting Company.
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Periscope Film (Firm)
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Added Title |
Victory at sea (Television program)
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