I had forgotten about "Victory At Sea". My recollection is that there was something special about that program. As children of WW2 parents, we learned more about the war from programs on our "new-fangled" TV sets than we heard from our parents.
I had forgotten about "Victory At Sea". My recollection is that there was something special about that program. As children of WW2 parents, we learned more about the war from programs on our "new-fangled" TV sets than we heard from our parents.
There were more than a few special things about that series. The score, by Robert Russel Bennet and Richard Rogers, was an outstanding accompaniment to the documentary images. And we got the main theme with every episode. Another was the documentary footage itself. Who could ever forget the clip of the damaged aircraft attempting to land on its carrier then breaking apart as it skittered across the flight deck?
Some of the footage was sobering, even for a little kid. We were the good guys, and so we always won. My dad had to explain to his dumbfounded son that in some of these clips the good guys were getting bombed, shot down or sunk. Yes, we won, but there was a cost to be paid.
I had forgotten about "Victory At Sea". My recollection is that there was something special about that program. As children of WW2 parents, we learned more about the war from programs on our "new-fangled" TV sets than we heard from our parents.
There were more than a few special things about that series. The score, by Robert Russel Bennet and Richard Rogers, was an outstanding accompaniment to the documentary images. And we got the main theme with every episode. Another was the documentary footage itself. Who could ever forget the clip of the damaged aircraft attempting to land on its carrier then breaking apart as it skittered across the flight deck?
Some of the footage was sobering, even for a little kid. We were the good guys, and so we always won. My dad had to explain to his dumbfounded son that in some of these clips the good guys were getting bombed, shot down or sunk. Yes, we won, but there was a cost to be paid.
That music is really fun to play, as well. RRB wrote some fantastic wind band music.
Couldn't agree more. We played some of it in our HS band for a spring concert.
Same here, David. ThatтАЩs why I keep saying, I wish IтАЩd asked more questions!