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Victory at Sea is a documentary television series about warfare in general during World War II, and naval warfare in particular, as well as the use of industry in warfare. It was originally broadcast by NBC in the United States in 1952–1953. It was condensed into a film released in 1954. Excerpts from the music soundtrack, by Richard Rodgers and Robert Russell Bennett, were re-recorded for record albums. The original TV broadcasts comprised 26 half-hour segments—Sunday afternoons at 3pm (EST) in most markets—starting on October 26, 1952 and ending on May 3, 1953. The series, which won an Emmy award in 1954 as "best public affairs program", played an important part in establishing historic "compilation" documentaries as a viable television genre.
Original Release
10/26/1952 on NBC
US Release
10/26/1952
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Leonard Graves | Narrator |
| Winston Churchill | Self - Prime Minister of U.K. / Self / Self - Prime Minister of Great Britain |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Self / Self - Supreme Commander, Allied Forces in Europe |
| George C. Marshall | Self |
| Bernard L. Montgomery | Self / Self - Commander, Allied Ground Forces, D-Day Invasion |
| Ernest J. King | Self |
| Andrew Cunningham | Self |
| Henry Kent Hewitt | Self - Commander, Allied Naval Forces / Self |
| Jonathan M. Wainwright | Self |
| Louis Mountbatten | Self / Self - Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Design for War | Sunday, 26 October 1952 |
| 2 | The Pacific Boils Over | Sunday, 02 November 1952 |
| 3 | Sealing the Breach | Sunday, 09 November 1952 |
| 4 | Midway Is East | Sunday, 23 November 1952 |
| 5 | Mediterranean Mosaic | Sunday, 30 November 1952 |
| 6 | Guadalcanal | Sunday, 07 December 1952 |
| 7 | Rings Around Rabaul | Sunday, 14 December 1952 |
| 8 | Mare Nostrum | Sunday, 21 December 1952 |
| 9 | Sea and Sand | Sunday, 28 December 1952 |
| 10 | Beneath the Southern Cross | Sunday, 04 January 1953 |
| 11 | The Magnetic North | Sunday, 11 January 1953 |
| 12 | The Conquest of Micronesia | Sunday, 18 January 1953 |
| 13 | Melanesian Nightmare | Sunday, 25 January 1953 |
| 14 | Roman Renaissance | Sunday, 01 February 1953 |
| 15 | D-Day | Sunday, 08 February 1953 |
| 16 | Killers and the Kill | Sunday, 15 February 1953 |
| 17 | The Turkey Shoot | Sunday, 22 February 1953 |
| 18 | Two If by Sea | Sunday, 01 March 1953 |
| 19 | The Battle for Leyte Gulf | Sunday, 08 March 1953 |
| 20 | Return of the Allies | Sunday, 15 March 1953 |
| 21 | Full Fathom Five | Sunday, 22 March 1953 |
| 22 | The Fate of Europe | Sunday, 29 March 1953 |
| 23 | Target Suribachi | Sunday, 05 April 1953 |
| 24 | The Road to Mandalay | Sunday, 12 April 1953 |
| 25 | Suicide for Glory | Sunday, 19 April 1953 |
| 26 | Design for Peace | Sunday, 26 April 1953 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Leonard Graves | Narrator |
| Winston Churchill | Self - Prime Minister of U.K. / Self / Self - Prime Minister of Great Britain |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Self / Self - Supreme Commander, Allied Forces in Europe |
| George C. Marshall | Self |
| Bernard L. Montgomery | Self / Self - Commander, Allied Ground Forces, D-Day Invasion |
| Ernest J. King | Self |
| Andrew Cunningham | Self |
| Henry Kent Hewitt | Self - Commander, Allied Naval Forces / Self |
| Jonathan M. Wainwright | Self |
| Louis Mountbatten | Self / Self - Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command |
| Karl Dönitz | Self / Self - German Admiral / Self - C-in-C German Navy / Self - CinC German Naval Forces |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Self / Self - U.S. President / Self - President of the United States / Self - Funeral Procession |
| Hans Langsdorff | Self |
| Adolf Hitler | Self / Self - German Führer |
| Benito Mussolini | Self |
| Chester W. Nimitz | Self / Self - U.S. Pacific Fleet Admiral / Self - C-in-C U.S. Pacific Fleet |
| Hirohito | Self - Emperor of Japan / Self |
| Erwin Rommel | Self / Self - German Field Marshall |
| Douglas MacArthur | Self / Self - U.S. Army Pacific General / Self - Supreme Commander, Army Forces Pacific |
| William F. Halsey | Self / Self - Admiral, U.S. Third Fleet |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Henry Salomon | Producer |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1954 | Emmy | Best Public Affairs Program | Won |
| 1953 | Emmy | Best Public Affairs Program | Nominated |
