On Tue, 5 Jun 2018 15:30:25 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
I'm up to the eighth episode of about 26. Have to admit the Netflix
"World War II in Color" is much
better. "Victory at Sea" seems to have been produced to build morale, not
be a documentary of the
war. Much time spent on ships going across the water and main guns
firing. Actually just a lot of
wasted time where the narrator says nothing.

That's not to say it isn't enjoyable. It is. But I found the Netflix version much more so.


Victory at sea was done to honor the veterans. Was done by the network
after the war, I think, and he each segment was shown with no breaks or
ads.

1952. It is definitely done in a way to promote patriotism. I'm enjoying it, but a lot of the
patriotism rendering and time filling with ships riding the seas could be spent telling the history.

On Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:07:29 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Tue, 5 Jun 2018 15:30:25 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
I'm up to the eighth episode of about 26. Have to admit the Netflix
"World War II in Color" is much
better. "Victory at Sea" seems to have been produced to build morale, not
be a documentary of the
war. Much time spent on ships going across the water and main guns
firing. Actually just a lot of
wasted time where the narrator says nothing.

That's not to say it isn't enjoyable. It is. But I found the Netflix version much more so.


Victory at sea was done to honor the veterans. Was done by the network
after the war, I think, and he each segment was shown with no breaks or
ads.

1952. It is definitely done in a way to promote patriotism. I'm enjoying it, but a lot of the
patriotism rendering and time filling with ships riding the seas could be spent telling the history.

In 1952 I am not sure Truman really wanted us to know that much about
the history. He wanted the party line to be "evil rose it's ugly head
and we saved the world". "Now feel good about yourself and try to
forget I got you into another war we are not going to win."