| Edition |
50th anniversary collector's edition. |
| Description |
4 videodiscs (approximately 11 hr., 30 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, stereo; Dolby digital. |
| Cast |
Narrated by Leonard Graves ; hosted by Peter Graves. |
| Credits |
Original music score by, Richard Rodgers. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast by NBC 1952-1953. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Considered the most influential documentary in television history. The 26 episodes were culled from over 13,000 hours of footage shot by the U.S., British, German, and Japanese navies during World War II. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Design for war ; The Pacific boils over ; Sealing the breach ; Midway is east ; Mediterranean mosaic ; Guadalcanal ; Rings around Rabaul -- Disc 2. Mare Nostrum ; Sea and sand ; Beneath the southern cross ; Magnetic North -- The conquest of Micronesia ; Melanesian nightmare -- Disc 3. Roman renaissance ; D-day ; Killers and the killed ; The turkey shoot ; Two if by sea ; Battle for Leyte Gulf ; Return of the allies -- Disc 4. Full fathom five ; The fate of Europe ; Target Suribachi ; The road to Mandalay ; Suicide for glory ; Design for peace. |
| Note |
Special features: Episodes introductions with Peter Graves. |
| Language |
English dialogue. |
| 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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| Added Author |
Adams, Clay.
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Salomon, Henry, 1917-1958.
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Hanser, Richard.
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Graves, Leonard.
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Graves, Peter, 1926-2010.
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NBC News.
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New Video Group.
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| ISBN |
0767057066 set |
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0767057074 v. 1 |
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0767057082 v. 2 |
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0767057090 v. 3 |
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0767057104 v. 4 |
| Standard No. |
733961709674 (set) |
| Music No. |
AAE-70967 A & E (set) |
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AAE-70968--AAE-70971 A & E |
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