Always liked these old documentaries…
[video=youtube_share;fSCWi0ivx9w]http://youtu.be/fSCWi0ivx9w[/video]
AWESOME DUDE and THANKS!
the entire series in now in the public domain and available to download for free at the[Internet Archive](http://archive.org/search.php?query=victory%20at%20sea%20AND%20mediat ype%3Amovies).
Episode 6, Guadalcanal has the great footage of war production and hundreds upon hundreds of new merchant ships being launched. Almost as stirring as the closing to “Action in the North Atlantic” where the “Bridge of Ships” speech by Franklin Roosevelt is make behind the footage of our wartime merchant shipbuilding miracle! Sadly, that’s not on the EweToobs, but this treasure is:
AH NUTS! HOW DID WE WIN THAT WAR SPO OVERWHELMINGLY AND RESOUNDINGLY BUT END UP LOSING IT ALL LIKE WE DID?
DAMN!
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I have the set. Awesome footage!!
Going to post a few more episodes
Victory At Sea - The Pacific Boils Over - Episode 2
[video=youtube_share;YvxKTwBLCCs]http://youtu.be/YvxKTwBLCCs[/video]
Victory At Sea - Sealing The Breach - Episode 3
[video=youtube_share;kk2avV4LLJk]http://youtu.be/kk2avV4LLJk[/video]
Victory At Sea - Midway Is East - Episode 4
[video=youtube_share;vrJQTgx_XI4]http://youtu.be/vrJQTgx_XI4[/video]
Victory At Sea - Mediterranean Mosaic - Episode 5
[video=youtube_share;VIY66rBKI30]http://youtu.be/VIY66rBKI30[/video]
Great find, having these all in one place. Thanks. Found it to be pretty cool that they showed the sailors being dispatched out of the old NMU hall.
[video=youtube_share;7OudEsJEnq8]http://youtu.be/7OudEsJEnq8[/video]
As the man says…“that isn’t a miracle…it’s American seamanship!”
How can any American merchant mariner watch this and not feel a deep swell of pride for the history and tradition of those who sailed the waters ahead of us and performed great feats of courage and endurance?
Goddammit! Why did I have to miss those incredible days when the US was triumphant and could accomplish anything?
btw, if anybody has a good movie editor, I’ll trade for a DVD of the film…
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