Victory at Sea,Do You Remember?

[Jimbuna]

Great series......have them on DVD, in fact some of the tunes/themes from them are included in one of my gramaphone packs.

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Great series......have them on DVD, in fact some of the tunes/themes from them are included in one of my gramaphone packs.

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 Rat Patrol also

[Sailor Steve]

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

[Puster Bill]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

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!

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.