Victory at Sea: The Complete Series

Very informative and very descriptive depiction of WW II and how we won.

Historically accurate and vastly interesting.

I first saw this documentary on television. I was a boy of 10. It is amazing that film during the the bombing of Pearl Harbor survived. The special events were great at the time this was made. It does not compare to what is availed today but is still a entertaining and informative.

The series itself is definitely 5 stars, however, I was a bit disappointed by the audio. I love the rousing music but the audio in general sounded quite muffled. I had to turn the volume up quite a bit just to understand it clearly. I know this was originally recorded back in the 50's but someone needs to simply re engineer the soundtrack so that it's clear and updated. Visually, it looks restored fairly well considering the age of the series. I'm really enjoying watching these again and as a navy veteran myself, I'm always fascinated by the sailors that came before me and all they sacrificed for us! I would really love to see a full blown restoration on Blu Ray of this series including both the film and audio being updated for today's equipment, that would be amazing and I'd definitely purchase it again!

Very interesting. A lot of information I was not aware of.

What a series! When I was a kid, I watched it on television. About 20 years ago, I acquired the VHS version. Now? The DVD. I had expected that the series would not age well. The temptation for jingoism or for too much dramatic effect struck me as likely. But I continue to enjoy this classic series. The focus of the series: the war at sea.First, there is the sound track. The music was written by Richard Rodgers. There are some wonderful themes during the course of the 26 episode series. The series' theme song alone is a classic. Robert Russell Bennett arranged the music and conducted the then top notch NBC Symphony Orchestra (Arturo Toscanini's orchestra).Second, the use of war footage gives the series a genuineness and gravitas. The videos add greatly to the total effect. Leonard Graves is the narrator, and has a voice that works well in that role.There are 26 episodes, taking us from the war's outbreak (including Dunkirk, German U-boats, Pearl Harbor, etc.), to Midway to Gaudalcanal to D-Day to the Great Mariana's Turkey Shoot to the Philippines to Iwo Jima to Okinawa. . . . The war in the east and in the west are covered.Sometimes there is a bit of jingoism or overwrought descriptions of German and Japanese actions (there were despicable acts, indeed, but sometimes the script goes over the edge). However, this is not excessive and does not really detract from the series.This is still aging well as a concept and product.There are also extras: discussion of the Revolutionary War up to Iraq II. I watched the Civil War extra and turned it off (never to return) when they showed a picture of General Winfield Scott Hancock while speaking of General Winfield Scott's role as the top military commander for the Union. Before that, footage from old Civil War movies was used, some being not worth inclusion. If I heard correctly, the film got General P. G. T. Beauregard's initials wrong, too. Perhaps the other extras were much better.At any rate, an estimable series, still worth watching.

Since virtually all of the footage was from soon after WWII it is not revisionist, meaning that it has been changed. I am nearly 73 years old and watched this originally on TV when I was 8 years old and then it was original. It is arguably the best documentary of WWII ever done. There are other videos regarding WWII but none were done originally right after WWII and that is what makes this different. All the time that passes between an event and the reporting of it lends itself to revisionism. Not only are the Russians famous for this but it exists in the US too. Look at the current high school history books now and those from 50 years ago, they do not say the same thing. Yes, new information is discovered and requires correction in historical accounts, but to find out what really happened you have to read what was written at the time and compare it with what is reported now, frequently it is different. Also, if you lived through a period you know what happened and it does not frequently agree with what is being said currently. Germany during WWII is an example. It is frequently portrayed in novels and movies that ALL Germans supported the pogrom against the Jewish people. That is not true, most people in Germany did not even know about the concentration camps, the Nazi propaganda machine said that the Jews were working a "good" Germans in munitions factories and other industries not being gassed. Much of this information comes from my father who worked for the Nazi Regime as an accountant; he was not a Nazi, but did the work any accountant would do. Be careful of what you read and view, look at when it was done and who produced it. The older the source of information is the more likely it is to be accurate, but there is no guarantee, And yes, the United States does put out disinformation and revisionist propaganda, All countries do, except there is little revisionist information produced by neutral countries like Sweden or Canada.

Great old series from 1952 TV, I remember seeing it way back over fifty years ago in England when I was young. Anyone with an interest in WWIIwill recognize a lot of the footage but there is a lot I did not. The third disk has also the different wars the US has had in particular the WWII onethat was narrated by the people that were actually there, not unlike the World at War series from the early seventies. Great cover also with a pictureof the great battleship USS Missouri.

As expected

I have started watching the series, but not yet complete. I had forgotten how aged this series is from my memory of seeing it on TV reruns and such. Lots of amazing original period footage is the best part of this series. The narration can be a bit dated and appear a bit "propaganda" slanted, yet I haven't heard any blattent inaccuracies.One fear I have is that younger viewers may dismiss this series due to its age, but I think it still holds as an excellent historical TV feature series it was intended to be.

I would have preferred a 4k upscale production: however, I bought it for the history on it. It is fine in that respect

Same day delivery! The series is really cool. It was made seven years after the war finished. Reminds me of the old weekend shows that were always on when I was a kid in the 70's.