Victory at Sea,Do You Remember?
 

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

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.

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/ima...ies/pirate.gif

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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:

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.

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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.