Victory at Sea Episode 26 Part 3

[ps4267]

When I was in the Navy they would broadcast this on one of the channels on my ship all day long. At first I thought it was corny, but as I grew older I saw how great a series this is and until this day it is my favorite t.v. series even though I'm only 37. The part I really like about this episode is how proud people in the U.S. must have felt after being at war for four years and winning this ultimate victory and how deserving our men coming home from war were celebrated!

[WMJCPA]

When Richard Rodgers was approached by NBC to write the score for this series, he was at the height of his magnificent career on Broadway with Oscar Hammerstein. He put his career on hold to spend the time neceesary to compose this most magnificent score. And, while the footage is magnificent, this score really gives it life. He did this because he believed in the importance of telling this story, and he was an American. He was a genius with his art.

[popeye1250]

We used to watch this series on sunday evenings in Boston when I was a kid in the 50's. My father would say, "we were there," "we were there, and there."

He was on the USS Renshaw DD-499 a Destroyer and they didn't make it all the way through, they were torpedoed by a Jap sub on Feb 21, 1945 and 21 guys were killed and many wounded including my father.

They were in Bremerton, Wash. in the shipyard when the war ended.

I bought this whole series from Time-Life.

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I hope you guys get this video. In the early 1950's a great documentary was made by the name of Victory at Sea. Many of us grew up with it. The musical score was done by Richard Rogers and Leonard Graves did the narration. It had 26 episodes and I have attached number 26, part 3. It is of a bunch of Service Men coming home. "One Last Parade". These guys helped us enjoy the time down at Avalon Park. We owe them are very best at Culpepper.

Edgie

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victory at sea

[x0LilMucci0x]

Can anyone keep a dry eye at 1:55 when the loved one bursts through the line to welcome him home.

[DarwinsFriend]

@x0LilMucci0x No - no they can't. (Guess that was what they fought for.)

[BeachBoysJanDean1]

Wow! What memories!. This show along with the song "No Other Love Have I" had such an impact on me. When I was 6 , I sailed across the ocean with my mom to her native Germany. My dad was a US Army medic who served in WWII , so this era was very close to my heart. I still hum this song to this very day.

[Acsdg118k]

Something must have desperately been broken in the decades following this moving war end. Can you imagine a rehiteration for soldiers coming back from Iran and Afghanistan and their families?

[Acsdg118k]

I correct : from Iraq not Iran

[rdadal]

Well, everyone was involved. Either serving in the armed forces, or, doing the work in supplying the war effort. Everyone! Now, it was over all at once. We were victorious.

[Hokieman1987]

Thank you so much for uploading the entire series. This is one of my dad's favorite shows of all time. I learned so much from watching this and enjoyed sharing it with him to relive.

[robwong1]

I watched this television series at a youngster in the 1950s, and it affected me in ways I can't describe. Led to joining the Navy and staying on active duty + reserves for over 25 years.

BTW, the carriers returning in San Francisco Bay are pulling up to the carrier piers at the former NAS Alameda.

[goalscr12]

Timeless. My dad who is 83 and still alive is an ex marine and fought in Iwo Jima and some of the other islands in the pacific. He saw this recently and was in tears. He remembered when he came off the ship and his family was there hugging him and it brought back many memories.

God bless America.

To this day he has never bought any item that is japenese

[GereDJ]

Probably one of the finest and most moving pieces ever commited to film. Hard to watch without a tear. I watched the entire original series on 1950's TV as a boy and it really affected me in many ways I did not know how to verbalize at the time. This edit and series are timeless. It should be a requirement of high school or college graduation to watch the entire Victory at Sea series. Most people under 30 have no concept of what WWII was all about and how it transpired. Thank you, Gere

[gettalifenow]

6:02 to end >>>>AWESOME!!!!

[gettalifenow]

My father died 9 years ago. He was on Tarawa. I remember seeing this as some of my first TV memories

[PaulKingII]

I want to thank the person who took the time to post the entire series. I also watched this when I was young with my wonderful father who was a WWII veteran. We should never take for granted the sacrafice that our soldiers make both in the past and now.

One great quote from this series, "Our young men will continue to fight and die as long as there is tyranny in the world". God bless America and the men and women who have died to keep her free.

[harmonyherb]

@PaulKingII

Well said Paul. As a korean war vet i really get choked up seeing this fantastic series. What an incredible generation, that god for them or we would be all speaking Japanese or German,however my family would not be alive now if we did not win. Very emotional series and such be a must seeing for high school and college students.

Herb

[harmonyherb]

@PaulKingII

Well said Paul. As a korean war vet i really get choked up seeing this fantastic series. What an incredible generation, that god for them or we would be all speaking Japanese or German,however my family would not be alive now if we did not win. Very emotional series and such be a must seeing for high school and college students.

Herb

[DarwinsFriend]

@harmonyherb Thank you for your service, Herb. They and you are the reason our country is the finest in history and the reason so many want to come here.

[maxrafaelwaller]

Google: Sam's Club 6625+US military veterans

[luridplanet]

I watched all 26 episodes in less than a week. Sure beats anything on TV

[iotbs7]

I join you in applauding this magnificent film achievement. I also just watched all 26 episodes. To me, the subject matter is both compelling and irresistible,the music truly unforgettable. The heroic sacrifice of 100's of 1000's of men & women to safeguard our freedom SHOULD be of vital interest to every American. I have 'spread the word' 2 those I know, re 'Victory at Sea', but can't say I've had an enthusiastic response, so far.I pray that's not indicative of the times in which we live.

[nyrangers2813]

love this video, use to watch this with my father.

[rdadal]

Very effective use of Mr. Rodgers' "No Other Love Have I." Especially like the scene where the woman rushes the stair case to greet her loved one, and the music changes to dramatize the event.

[GOD711]

It should be noted that Richard Rodgers wrote this piece of music FOR the Victory at Sea documentary series. He called it "Beneath the Southern Cross". He later put it in "Me and Juliet" with added lyrics. The point being the music did fit the scene, but it was not even titled "No other Love Have I", at that time. Richard Rodgers was a true musical genius. Many people don't have a clue he wrote the entire score for this series, plus other compositions besides his musical plays.

[rdadal]

Very effective use of Mr. Rodgers' "No Other Love Have I." Especially when that woman rushes to the staircase welcoming her loved one home.