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Published by Ridge Press, published for Scholastic Book Services. A Routledge Book, New York, N.Y., 1959
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Contact seller5-star sellerWraps. Condition: Fair. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 64 pages. Cover worn, creased and soiled. Spine torn at bottom. Some page wear and discoloration. This book was specially adapted for Scholastic Book Services. NBC's classic TV series "Victory At Sea" has won every major prize in television. The bravery and the suff…ering of the men who fought the Second World War on and under the sea were captured in all their drama and excitement in this programs. When "Victory At Sea" first went on the air in 1952, it was greet with with an explosion of praise by the press. "Victory At Sea" continues to be telecast to growing audiences that relive the horror, despair and courage that brought victory to American and Peace to the work. After the Introduction, Chapters include Chapter 1 Small Ships and Brave Men; Chapter 2, The Underwater Menace Chapter 3, Raiders of the Pacific, Chapter 4, The Busiest Ships, Chapter 5, The Eyes of the Navy, and Chapter 6, On the Enemy's Doorstep. Some of the photographs in this book were selected from "Victory At Sea," written by Henry Salomon, Jr., and Richard Hanser, used by permission of the publisher, Doubleday & Company, Inc. Victory at Sea is a documentary television 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 United States in 1952-1953. It was condensed into a film released in 1954. Excerpts from the music soundtrack, by Richard Rodgers and Robert Russell Bennett, were re-recorded for 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. 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 Phillips Academy and 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). It was Robert Sarnoff who championed Salomon's proposal, won its approval and saw it through to completion. NBC approved the project in 1951, with Salomon as producer and a budget of $500,000 (large for that era). His team, composed largely of newsreel veterans, searched naval archives around the world, and received complete cooperation from the U.S. Navy, which recognized the publicity value. Salomon's team compiled 60 million feet (18,300 km) of film, which was edited to about 61,000 feet for broadcast. After the original run, NBC syndicated it to local stations. By 1964, it had been broadcast in 40 foreign markets.