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One of the earliest documentaries produced exclusively for television, the 26 episode VICTORY AT SEA won both an Emmy and a Peabody Award for its accomplishments. Featuring narration by Broadway actor Leonard Graves and a musical score by the legendary Richard Rodgers, VICTORY AT SEA took hours and hours of footage shot by the navy during the Second World War and trimmed it down to create a narrative of the war from the perspective of the major sea battles and maneuvers. Airing in the 1952-53 television season, VICTORY AT SEA went a step further than the newsreel format of the day while anticipating the coming era when footage from all over the world would be seen by television audiences as soon as events happened.

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UPC0683904504081

eBay Product ID (ePID)46970283

Product Key Features

RatingNR

Edition3-Disc Set

Movie/TV TitleVictory at Sea

FormatDVD

Release Year2005

GenreEducation/General Interest, Educational

Sub-GenreWar/World War II

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs3

Country/Region of ManufactureUSA

Display Format3-Disc Set

Release Date20050712

Film CountryUSA

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4.6

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by jreb-40
20 Jul, 2025
Victory at Sea is a great Naval History of WWII
I used to watch this series on TV when I was a kid..so glad to have found them available on DVD, as the others were on old Casettes. My father was in the US Navy in the Phillipines in 1945 GO NAVY!!
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by piserve
29 Dec, 2016
Victory at Sea WWII Documentary
Shipping and delivery was extremely fast. Good value for the money. However, I was a little disappointed with the picture clarity and resolution. Again, for the money, a good deal. For the best resolution available, if that is what makes you happy, you will probably need to pay at least twice the money for a digitally remastered set. The resolution in this set is probably adequate for smaller screens.
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by titantic1912
05 Mar, 2025
Victory at Sea DVDs
I watched this as a kid in the 60s. Surprised to see it was available. My dad was in WWII, so I've always had an interest in it. DVDs were in great shape, picture quality very good. Recommended.
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by stusbay
10 Apr, 2023
Victory at sea is a docu-drama about WWII naval and land forces
The cover was ripped up but the disks are great
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by jerriemarie
25 Mar, 2022
Take it in little bites
It's important history, but too much of the episodes are bombastic symphonic music, little narration and not much story line. It could have been produced much better, but then this is an old series.
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by kenton163
29 Sep, 2016
Victory at sea video
I remember watching this on tv with my grandfather when I was a youngster and I liked it then. I bought the video and it is exactly as I remember it. I am quite happy with it and it does give some oversight as to what happened way back when that most people don't have a clue about today.
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by stennisdog
03 Sep, 2020
Excellent Value
Replaced lost copy of Victory at Sea--dvd's in good shape and an excellent price
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by angleseagang
26 Nov, 2017
great old video
LOVE IT, GREAT CONDITION, GOOD BUY.
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by 4xhW5dbAQuy@Deleted
09 Dec, 2017
Viewing History at sea
Victory at sea is one of the classics that will never grow old or lose its meaning.
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by billyblzz
18 Oct, 2015
to the point
raw history I give it a 10 out of 10 as a littie boy I would try to watch it every week. Now I carry it in my computer bag and with my ear buds no matter where I am and have some down time I can slip in a dis
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