'Victory at Sea': 1950s documentary series is dated but still worth watching
Victory at Sea (1952-1953) Directed by M. Clay Adams Written by Henry Salomon and Richard Hanser Narrated by Leonard Graves 2003 Introductions: Peter Graves Victory at Sea is a 26-part television documentary that focuses mainly (but not exclusively) on naval warfare in World War II from the Allied point of view. Produced with the cooperation of the U.S. Navy, Victory at Sea originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) television network from October 1952 to May 1953. The series won an Emmy for best public affairs program in 1954 and became the template for such historically themed documentaries as CBS’s World War One (1964-1965) and Thames Television’s The World at War (1974) Produced and co-written (with Richard Hanser) by Henry Salomon and directed by M.Clay Adams, Victory at Sea consists of 26 half-hour episodes that cover major naval battles and land campaigns in the European and Pacific theaters of war. The series follow...