Product Details

• Actors: Richard Rogers
• Format: Box set, Black & White, Color, DVD, Full length, Full Screen, Original recording remastered, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Mill Creek Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: July 1, 2005
• Run Time: 676 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (64 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000A2XC7Q
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,519 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Victory at Sea, a 26-episode series on World War II, represented one of the most ambitious documentary undertakings of early network television.

The series premiered on the last Sunday of October 1952, and subsequent episodes played each Sunday afternoon through May 1953. Each half-hour installment dealt with some aspect of World War II naval warfare and highlighted each of the sea war's major campaigns. That drama was enhanced by the program's sententious voice-over narration and by Richard Rogers's stirring musical score.

Features:

Design for War

The Pacific Boils Over

Sealing the Breach

Midway is East

Mediterranean Mosaic

Guadalcanal

Rings Around Rabaul

Marenstrum

Sea and Sand

Beneath the Southern Cross

The Magnetic North

Conquest of Micronesia

Melanesian Nightmare

Roman Renaissance

D-Day

Killers and the Kill

The Turkey Shoot

Two if by Sea

The Battle for Leyte Gulf

Return of the Allies

Full Fathom Five

The Fate of Europe

Target Suribachi

The Road to Mandalay

Suicide for Glory

Design for Peace

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

147 of 150 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the one we have waited for., August 15, 2005

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Downhome - See all my reviews

This review is from: Victory at Sea (DVD)

I have been watching Victory at Sea since I was a kid. I seldom missed an episode when it was shown. Over the years I have taped the series two or three times but never got it complete. I have bought crummy VCR tapes. Worst of all I bought the A&E piece of junk. What an expensive rip off that is. Finally we have this one (Studio: Digital 1 Stop DVD Release Date: July 12, 2005 Run Time: 780 ASIN: B000A2XC7Q) BUY IT if you like Victory at Sea. The picture is very good and the music and narration are like you remember it. I don't think it has been remastered but that is a plus after being suckered into buying that A&E piece of crap.

As far as I can see it is complete and each episode is 26 minutes long.

44 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fine TV Series Now Available on DVD, May 11, 2006

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Jeffrey T. Munson (Dixon, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Victory at Sea (DVD)

I can remember watching "Victory at Sea" on Sunday afternoons on PBS, and I still enjoy seeing the rolling waves and hearing the distinctive music which made this series so popular. All 26 episodes of the original series are included on 3 DVDs. I don't think that the individual episodes have been re-mastered. Regardless, each episode appears just as it was when it appeared on television. From the U-Boat battles of the North Atlantic to the final capitulation of Japan, the viewer is treated to a very well-done and entertaining look at the naval battles of the second world war.

Although there are other versions of the "Victory at Sea" series available on DVD, I like this one the best because of the very reasonable price. Some of the other versions cost upwards of $50. The only drawback to this set is that the picture quality isn't as good as it possibly could have been. However, this is a minor point. Each episode runs approximately 26 minutes, and each is loaded with actual footage derived from over 13,000 hours of actual film shooting.

I give this fine version my highest recommendation. You'll get to re-live the series just as it was when it was on television. The rolling waves are still there, and the large "V" still appears at the end of each episode. Watch this legendary series and experience how the second world war was fought on the high seas.

189 of 217 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This Version Is Abridged - Not The Complete Version, August 13, 2005

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Foxbat (Richland WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Victory at Sea (DVD)

The version for around $14 that Amazon is selling is not the full version - it has been abridged and this has not been made clear in the description of the item. I would rate it ZERO stars if I could.

I own the full set of this series on LD but wanted a set which could be taken on travel.

If you are on a budget then this version is OK, but for those of us who have watched it for years it is unsatisfactory UNLESS Amazon lists it as being abridged from the original. CAVAET EMPTOR.