Victory at Sea is a documentarytelevision series about warfare in general during World War II, and naval warfare in particular, as well as the use of industry in warfare. It was originally broadcast by NBC in the USA in 1952–1953. It was condensed into a film in 1954. Excerpts from the music soundtrack, by Richard Rodgers and Robert Russell Bennett, were re-recorded and sold as record albums. The original TV broadcasts comprised 26 half-hour segments—Sunday afternoons at 3pm (EST) in most markets—starting on October 26, 1952 and ending on May 3, 1953. The series, which won an Emmy award in 1954 as "best public affairs program", played an important part in establishing historic "compilation" documentaries as a viable television genre.
History
The project was conceived by Henry Salomon, who, while a U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander during World War II, was a research assistant to historian Samuel Eliot Morison. Morison was then writing the 15-volume History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. During this period, Salomon learned of the large amounts of film that the warring navies had compiled. Salomon left the Navy in 1948 and eventually discussed his idea of a documentary series with one of his Harvard classmates, Robert Sarnoff, a rising executive at NBC television and the son of David Sarnoff, the chairman of RCA (then the owner of NBC).
Victory at Sea (abbreviated to VAS) is a set of World War IInaval wargaming rules published by Mongoose Publishing. They were a development of Mongoose's Babylon 5: A Call to Arms SF starship combat rules written by Matthew Sprange, with assistance from David Manley, Richard Bax, Erik Nicely and Agis Neugebauer, having been initially released through a series of articles in the Mongoose house journal Signs and Portents. A supplement to the rules entitled Victory At Sea - Order of Battle, including expanded ship lists and new rules, was written during 2007. It was rushed into print, unreviewed and with a large number of errors left uncorrected - an unofficial 28 page errata was available several days after its release was announced. The rules have spawned a number of unofficial period and scale variants including ironclad actions and WW2 destroyer actions. An official World War I variant entitled Victory at Sea - Age of Dreadnoughts, written by David Manley was published in 2008.
Victory at Sea was an America Indie Rock band formed in 1996, from members of bands the Swirlies and Spore, in the Boston, Massachusetts region. It consisted of vocalist/guitarist Mona Elliott, bassist Mel Lederman and drummer Christina Files (later to be replaced by a succession of drummers Fin Moore, Carl Eklof, and Dave Norton). Their most recent albums Memories Fade and All Your Things Are Gone were released by the independent record labelGern Blandsten Records in 2004 and 2006 respectively. On September 6, 2007 the band announced on their Myspace page that they had disbanded, though they stated that all of the members have new musical endeavors. Mona Elliott later played with former Metal Hearts member Anar Badalov as Travels, now disbanded.
Discography
Official releases
Easier Than Living (EP 1998) (Villa Villakula)
The Dark Is Just the Night (1999) (Slowdime Records)
Helms & Victory At Sea (Split EP with Helms, 2000) (Kimchee Records)
Victory At Sea - The Battle For Leyte Gulf - Episode 19
The Japanese fleet is disintegrating, and the Imperial Navy conducts its last major operation in the Philippines Islands. It ends with debacle: The risen battleships of Pearl Harbor avenge the attack in Surigao Strait, the Center Force is defeated in Sibuyan Sea, the jeep carriers and destroyers fend off a stronger Japanese force near Samar and the remaining Japanese aircraft carriers are sunk. This Victory at Sea segment marked the near inevitability that the Japanese would accept defeat and surrender to the Allies.
published: 17 Jun 2010
Victory At Sea: How to Play Part One.
Admiral Matt Heald takes the helm in this first part tutorial on how to play Victory At Sea.
For more information on Victory At Sea please visit the link below.
https://store.warlordgames.com/collections/victory-at-sea
published: 14 Oct 2020
US Navy vs Imperial Japan Victory at Sea Battle Report Ep 01
Gaz from Warlord Games gives you a crash coarse through the basics of Victory at Sea, a naval combat game set during the Second World War.
MWG Silver Vault members gain access to discount codes from terrain and miniatures companies featured in this battle report here: https://www.miniwargaming.com/vault/silver-discount/
MiniWarGaming is following the best practices set out by the Ontario (Canada) health and safety guidelines to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Ontario (Canada) Prevention Services Guidance on Health and Safety for Television, Film and Live Performance Sector during COVID-19.
https://www.wsps.ca/WSPS/media/Site/Resources/Downloads/covid-19-television-health-and-safety-guidance.pdf?ext=.pdf
published: 24 Mar 2022
"Victory at Sea" (1952) - Suite - Richard Rodgers
From the 1976 London Phase 4 "Film Spectacular, Vol. 6 - World War II" LP album (SP 44248) - Stanley Black conducting the London Festival Orchestra.
published: 11 Jun 2012
Victory At Sea - Suicide For Glory - Episode 25
In a last effort at glory, having lost most of their best men in military actions, Japan employs suicide pilots -- the Kamikaze -- men who willingly crash their planes into ships in order to destroy the American spirit. But the U.S. Navy and Marines are ready for them with their guns, and they fought heroically against the onslaught. And on Okinawa, Americans fight a major battle with the Japanese Army.
published: 17 Jun 2010
Victory At Sea - The Turkey Shoot - Episode 17
Guam, a U.S. territory, is invaded by Japanese a few days after Pearl Harbor and remains occupied for two and a half years before the Americans arrive to reclaim Saipan and Guam, and destroy as well the Japanese fleet with a classic "turkey shoot". The Guamanians are thankful as expressed on their smiling faces, making it one of the most inspiring segments of Victory at Sea. Meanwhile, the Americans are preparing the bases in the islands as well as in other areas of the Marianas for the ultimate bomber offensive against Japan.
The Japanese fleet is disintegrating, and the Imperial Navy conducts its last major operation in the Philippines Islands. It ends with debacle: The risen battle...
The Japanese fleet is disintegrating, and the Imperial Navy conducts its last major operation in the Philippines Islands. It ends with debacle: The risen battleships of Pearl Harbor avenge the attack in Surigao Strait, the Center Force is defeated in Sibuyan Sea, the jeep carriers and destroyers fend off a stronger Japanese force near Samar and the remaining Japanese aircraft carriers are sunk. This Victory at Sea segment marked the near inevitability that the Japanese would accept defeat and surrender to the Allies.
The Japanese fleet is disintegrating, and the Imperial Navy conducts its last major operation in the Philippines Islands. It ends with debacle: The risen battleships of Pearl Harbor avenge the attack in Surigao Strait, the Center Force is defeated in Sibuyan Sea, the jeep carriers and destroyers fend off a stronger Japanese force near Samar and the remaining Japanese aircraft carriers are sunk. This Victory at Sea segment marked the near inevitability that the Japanese would accept defeat and surrender to the Allies.
Admiral Matt Heald takes the helm in this first part tutorial on how to play Victory At Sea.
For more information on Victory At Sea please visit the link belo...
Admiral Matt Heald takes the helm in this first part tutorial on how to play Victory At Sea.
For more information on Victory At Sea please visit the link below.
https://store.warlordgames.com/collections/victory-at-sea
Admiral Matt Heald takes the helm in this first part tutorial on how to play Victory At Sea.
For more information on Victory At Sea please visit the link below.
https://store.warlordgames.com/collections/victory-at-sea
Gaz from Warlord Games gives you a crash coarse through the basics of Victory at Sea, a naval combat game set during the Second World War.
MWG Silver Vault mem...
Gaz from Warlord Games gives you a crash coarse through the basics of Victory at Sea, a naval combat game set during the Second World War.
MWG Silver Vault members gain access to discount codes from terrain and miniatures companies featured in this battle report here: https://www.miniwargaming.com/vault/silver-discount/
MiniWarGaming is following the best practices set out by the Ontario (Canada) health and safety guidelines to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Ontario (Canada) Prevention Services Guidance on Health and Safety for Television, Film and Live Performance Sector during COVID-19.
https://www.wsps.ca/WSPS/media/Site/Resources/Downloads/covid-19-television-health-and-safety-guidance.pdf?ext=.pdf
Gaz from Warlord Games gives you a crash coarse through the basics of Victory at Sea, a naval combat game set during the Second World War.
MWG Silver Vault members gain access to discount codes from terrain and miniatures companies featured in this battle report here: https://www.miniwargaming.com/vault/silver-discount/
MiniWarGaming is following the best practices set out by the Ontario (Canada) health and safety guidelines to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Ontario (Canada) Prevention Services Guidance on Health and Safety for Television, Film and Live Performance Sector during COVID-19.
https://www.wsps.ca/WSPS/media/Site/Resources/Downloads/covid-19-television-health-and-safety-guidance.pdf?ext=.pdf
In a last effort at glory, having lost most of their best men in military actions, Japan employs suicide pilots -- the Kamikaze -- men who willingly crash their...
In a last effort at glory, having lost most of their best men in military actions, Japan employs suicide pilots -- the Kamikaze -- men who willingly crash their planes into ships in order to destroy the American spirit. But the U.S. Navy and Marines are ready for them with their guns, and they fought heroically against the onslaught. And on Okinawa, Americans fight a major battle with the Japanese Army.
In a last effort at glory, having lost most of their best men in military actions, Japan employs suicide pilots -- the Kamikaze -- men who willingly crash their planes into ships in order to destroy the American spirit. But the U.S. Navy and Marines are ready for them with their guns, and they fought heroically against the onslaught. And on Okinawa, Americans fight a major battle with the Japanese Army.
Guam, a U.S. territory, is invaded by Japanese a few days after Pearl Harbor and remains occupied for two and a half years before the Americans arrive to reclai...
Guam, a U.S. territory, is invaded by Japanese a few days after Pearl Harbor and remains occupied for two and a half years before the Americans arrive to reclaim Saipan and Guam, and destroy as well the Japanese fleet with a classic "turkey shoot". The Guamanians are thankful as expressed on their smiling faces, making it one of the most inspiring segments of Victory at Sea. Meanwhile, the Americans are preparing the bases in the islands as well as in other areas of the Marianas for the ultimate bomber offensive against Japan.
Guam, a U.S. territory, is invaded by Japanese a few days after Pearl Harbor and remains occupied for two and a half years before the Americans arrive to reclaim Saipan and Guam, and destroy as well the Japanese fleet with a classic "turkey shoot". The Guamanians are thankful as expressed on their smiling faces, making it one of the most inspiring segments of Victory at Sea. Meanwhile, the Americans are preparing the bases in the islands as well as in other areas of the Marianas for the ultimate bomber offensive against Japan.
The Japanese fleet is disintegrating, and the Imperial Navy conducts its last major operation in the Philippines Islands. It ends with debacle: The risen battleships of Pearl Harbor avenge the attack in Surigao Strait, the Center Force is defeated in Sibuyan Sea, the jeep carriers and destroyers fend off a stronger Japanese force near Samar and the remaining Japanese aircraft carriers are sunk. This Victory at Sea segment marked the near inevitability that the Japanese would accept defeat and surrender to the Allies.
Admiral Matt Heald takes the helm in this first part tutorial on how to play Victory At Sea.
For more information on Victory At Sea please visit the link below.
https://store.warlordgames.com/collections/victory-at-sea
Gaz from Warlord Games gives you a crash coarse through the basics of Victory at Sea, a naval combat game set during the Second World War.
MWG Silver Vault members gain access to discount codes from terrain and miniatures companies featured in this battle report here: https://www.miniwargaming.com/vault/silver-discount/
MiniWarGaming is following the best practices set out by the Ontario (Canada) health and safety guidelines to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Ontario (Canada) Prevention Services Guidance on Health and Safety for Television, Film and Live Performance Sector during COVID-19.
https://www.wsps.ca/WSPS/media/Site/Resources/Downloads/covid-19-television-health-and-safety-guidance.pdf?ext=.pdf
In a last effort at glory, having lost most of their best men in military actions, Japan employs suicide pilots -- the Kamikaze -- men who willingly crash their planes into ships in order to destroy the American spirit. But the U.S. Navy and Marines are ready for them with their guns, and they fought heroically against the onslaught. And on Okinawa, Americans fight a major battle with the Japanese Army.
Guam, a U.S. territory, is invaded by Japanese a few days after Pearl Harbor and remains occupied for two and a half years before the Americans arrive to reclaim Saipan and Guam, and destroy as well the Japanese fleet with a classic "turkey shoot". The Guamanians are thankful as expressed on their smiling faces, making it one of the most inspiring segments of Victory at Sea. Meanwhile, the Americans are preparing the bases in the islands as well as in other areas of the Marianas for the ultimate bomber offensive against Japan.
Victory at Sea is a documentarytelevision series about warfare in general during World War II, and naval warfare in particular, as well as the use of industry in warfare. It was originally broadcast by NBC in the USA in 1952–1953. It was condensed into a film in 1954. Excerpts from the music soundtrack, by Richard Rodgers and Robert Russell Bennett, were re-recorded and sold as record albums. The original TV broadcasts comprised 26 half-hour segments—Sunday afternoons at 3pm (EST) in most markets—starting on October 26, 1952 and ending on May 3, 1953. The series, which won an Emmy award in 1954 as "best public affairs program", played an important part in establishing historic "compilation" documentaries as a viable television genre.
History
The project was conceived by Henry Salomon, who, while a U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander during World War II, was a research assistant to historian Samuel Eliot Morison. Morison was then writing the 15-volume History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. During this period, Salomon learned of the large amounts of film that the warring navies had compiled. Salomon left the Navy in 1948 and eventually discussed his idea of a documentary series with one of his Harvard classmates, Robert Sarnoff, a rising executive at NBC television and the son of David Sarnoff, the chairman of RCA (then the owner of NBC).
let's tackle the high seas. your ghost is nothing but a fond memory to me. we're breaking the strong arm and i've got a dirty mouth. the captain's set, he's got his cold stare and his iron wheel. we're packing up our lives. there is nothing left but agony and self reveal, we're sending out a line. that was a bad bad idea. we've got broken arms and broken mouths and let me tell you something else: the captain's on his throne and the devil's in his arm. a bitter heart in open clothes, you called out: i'm not alone. i never said i saw the things ahead of me. the ship is burning. it was a bad bad idea. he's got a tattered face and a buried cold and let me tell you something else: we're headed straight for the storm and we're never going home. a bitter heart in open clothes, you called out: i'm not alone. i never said i