Victory at Sea

Victory at Sea
a US television series in 26 parts first shown on NBC (1952–3). It told the story of the battles fought at sea in the Pacific during World War II, using real film. The music for the series was written by Richard Rodgers. The series was later reduced to 97 minutes for a film (1954) shown in cinemas.

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