Victory at Sea,Do You Remember?

[owner20071963]

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[magic452]

Remember it very well, have it on tape and looking for the DVD's
The film is great but I really like the music.

Magic

[HW3]

I have volumes 1 and 2 on DVD. I found them at Wal-Mart about a year ago. They have episodes 1-12 on them, 6 per DVD. If it helps it looks like Digiview Entertainment put them out.

[Jimbuna]

Great series......have them on DVD, in fact some of the tunes/themes from them are included in one of my gramaphone packs. http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif

[owner20071963]

Great series......have them on DVD, in fact some of the tunes/themes from them are included in one of my gramaphone packs. http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif


wow,the music is class,
How many series were actually made?
imagine them in colour

[AVGWarhawk]

Remember my parents watching these? Heck, I watched them as a kid:up: Rat Patrol also:D

[Sailor Steve]

I got the whole thing at Wal-Mart for $5, long ago - all 26 episodes. Watched one just last night.

[Puster Bill]

I got the whole thing at Wal-Mart for $5, long ago - all 26 episodes. Watched one just last night.

Same here.

They are basically for the collection of footage, though. All of the really good revelations about how signals intelligence helped to guide the war at sea from both sides is missing.

That gap is noticeably missing in the episode that covers the Battle of Midway.

Great series, but also a cautionary tale about trying to write history too soon after the event.

[Fishers of Men]

I watched every, as a boy, with my father who lived through the war in the Pacific. He would talk along with the narrator and tell me what really happened at Guadalcanal and Guam. Because this series was made in the fifties, it was too close from the end of the war to be very objective. It would not be politically correct to call the enemy "Japs", today. It was very good at building positive emotional feelings for our armed forces and our victory over the forces of evil. The opening scene with the "V" for victory large on the screen and the powerful Roger Williams theme song, gets to me every time. The black ocean seamed so dark and menacing.

The BBC Time Life series on WWII is my favorite. I have all the books and videos.

FoM

[Sailor Steve]

WELCOME ABOARD!:sunny:

Last night I watched the 'Guadalcanal' episode, and while you're right about the racial language, I found it interesting that they were balanced about it, also giving footage of Japanese soldiers on transports on their way to fight "the enemy".

One note though: It was Richard Rodgers, not Roger Williams, who wrote the music.

[Folducker]

Loved the series. I remember that it was on opposite Sea Hunt, which I also loved. Hat to watch Victory at Sea, though.

[Fishers of Men]

Thanks for the correction Steve. I gave musical credit to the wrong composer.

The TV series, with each episode lasting 30 minutes, was very well received and won several awards. A lot of veterans (both my parents are Marines), were very proud of their war records and the victory over tyranny. Adding captured Japanese movie footage does give a more balanced feel. I agree with you on that. The narration and music works well to heighten the emotions and build tension in the combat scenes. Then the music changes when the battle is over, and changes again when grieving our losses.

You can find many episodes on YouTube. I have watch several recently. They brought back many memories of sitting on the floor in front of our black and white TV. If the film was in color, we would never have known it.

Thanks for the welcome!

FoM

[Oneshot/Onekill]

Welcome aboard Fishers of Men.:salute:

@AVG Warhawk...Rat partol is the bomb!!! Nothing like blowing up panzers with a .50cal machine gun from a willy's jeep!!!! YeeHaaaw.:rock::rock::rock:

[HW3]

Yeah Rat Patrol was on American Life Network up until a month ago. They still have Combat and 12 O'Clock High every Tuesday night.

:salute:

[Sgtmonkeynads]

My father would take me down to the local library, where we would rent these clasic films and watch them at home. I'v seen enough of them, if not all of them, more than once. Enough to tell you that during the main title, if you watch the waves, they loop. Your watching the same one or two waves over and over. I haven't thought about that in years.

[Redbear]

I also watched it as a kid with my dad. I have it on DVD as well. Also have World at War, which is, in my opinion, by far the best series ever produced on WWII (maybe on any war).

[Jimbuna]

I also watched it as a kid with my dad. I have it on DVD as well. Also have World at War, which is, in my opinion, by far the best series ever produced on WWII (maybe on any war).

Yeah, World At War is a real classic documentary series http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

Welcome aboard Fishers of Men http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[Fishers of Men]

The Time-Life book series is great, with many maps and charts. It took me over two years to collect all the books, one each month. I could not wait for each one to be delivered.

The BBC World at War series is the definitive collection, in my opinion. I received one VHS tape each month until I had the whole set. I have watched them many times over the years, and loaned them out to friends. The narration by Sir Lawrence Olivier is excellent. Because it was produced in the 70's, most of the historical persons interviewed have died. A lot of history has been lost and will continue to be lost as that generation passes away.

The Ken Burns' WWII series on PBS was very good, too. It was centered more on the personal side of the war, based on four families from towns in the US. Ken did not spare us the gruesome realities of war by showing a lot of dead corpses. You can see how society has changed in its views about war when comparing Victory at Sea with Ken Burns' WWII. There is now less patriotic fervor and more of the starkness of suffering.

FoM

[bunkerratt]

i have all the music from the series ..if you would like it let me know:|\\

http://hosted.filefront.com/bunkerratt

[Iron Budokan]

I rented the VCR tapes years and years ago and watched the series. I liked it a lot.

[sunvalleyslim]

Ahoy Mates,
Watched it? Hell I was hooked as a kid, watched them so much all I wanted to be was a torpedoeman. So when the Vietnam War started I volunteered for Subs. Got to go to Torpedoman School in Key West Florida, then off to Sub School in New London Conneticut. And was assigned to the USS Segundo SS-398, the oldest continous commissioned Diesel Sub in the Fleet. Ahhh the Good Old Days..........Was on the decommissioning day when the Ol Segundo was laid to rest. However she was used as a torpedo target off of San Francisco months later............RIP My Beauty....:salute:

[Oneshot/Onekill]

Ahoy Mates,
Watched it? Hell I was hooked as a kid, watched them so much all I wanted to be was a torpedoeman. So when the Vietnam War started I volunteered for Subs. Got to go to Torpedoman School in Key West Florida, then off to Sub School in New London Conneticut. And was assigned to the USS Segundo SS-398, the oldest continous commissioned Diesel Sub in the Fleet. Ahhh the Good Old Days..........Was on the decommissioning day when the Ol Segundo was laid to rest. However she was used as a torpedo target off of San Francisco months later............RIP My Beauty....:salute:Always nice to hear about the good old days from a fellow vet.:salute:

[sunvalleyslim]

Oneshot/Onekill........Give some history Mate......let the younguns know where you been..........DBF.....:salute::salute:

[McHibbins]

Just watching it on Youtube while posting this here.
It´s an excellent overview but IMHO not very detailed. But I just reached Episode 5....:03:

[Oneshot/Onekill]

Oneshot/Onekill........Give some history Mate......let the younguns know where you been..........DBF.....:salute::salute:Joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1991 just after Desert shield/Desert storm. Deployed to Somalia in Sept. 1992-Apr. 1993. Did 2 six month tours to Okinawa, mainland Japan. 1 six week stint to S. Korea in 1994. Show of force to 1st ballistic missle test for N. Korea. Spent 2 weeks in the Phillipines before the closure of all military installations in Aug. 1992. Participated in Cobra Gold excerises with Thai Marines in Thailand. My permanent duty station was MCAGCC 29 Palms CA. Foxtrot Co. 2nd battalion 7th Marine Regiment Reinforced, 1st Marine division. Honorable discharge as a Sgt. in 2000.

Semper Fi.:rock:

[owner20071963]

Just got the DVD Collection,
Great series,
even my 10yr old son loves it,
Thumbs Up :up:

[Ramstone]

Do You Remember Your Parents
Watching These On TV?

Parents?

[sunvalleyslim]

Oneshot/Onekill...........Semper Fi Marine, Thanks for your Service for Our Country.....A True Hero.......:salute::salute::salute:

[Oneshot/Onekill]

Oneshot/Onekill...........Semper Fi Marine, Thanks for your Service for Our Country.....A True Hero.......:salute::salute::salute:Right back at ya. Never enough hero's in the world today.:rock::rock::rock:

[lorcan3]

My dad and me used to watch it on Saturdays. It was his favorite series.Not only because of the music, but also because we're a Navy family goin' way back. I have the series on cd now and watch now and again when I have my lunch and remember the back when.:arrgh!: