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\tnr Historiuil Series on T^^— ''Victory at Sea" c V_-/LIMAXING more than 12 months of intense research in lilm libraries and governmental archives, NBC's long- awaited public ser\ice program series. "Victor)' at Sea" will make its debut on October 26 at 3:00 pjn., EST. Thereafter, it will be viewed at the same time on alter- nate VC'ednesdays until the 26-parr video storv' of war- time naval operations has been completed. To insure the most accurate visual reporting of the war at sea", NBC engaged the ser\ices of outstanding authorities who virtually searched the world for film strips. The original musical score for the program was written by the distinguished American comp>oser, Richard Rogers. Robert Russell Bennett arranged the music which was recorded by the famed NBC Symphony Orchestra under his direction. The entire score for "Vic- tory at Sea" will comprise almost 13 hours of music, the longest symphonic work ever written. The program was produced through the establish- ment of a special NBC unit, statfed by experts and organized to the last detail. Robert W. Sarnoff, then director of NBC unit productions and now Vice Presi- dent in charge of NBC-T\"s newly created Film Divi- sion, immediately envisaged the %'ast potentialities of a public-sers'ice dramatic-documentary when he was ap- proached two years ago with the idea for "Victor)' at Sea" by Henry Salomon, naval historian. Sarnoff. whose responsibilities then included "The Comedy Hour," "\'our Show of Shows," "All Star Revue" and "The Kate Smith Hour," set machinery in motion that resulted in "Victory at Sea." He helped arrange for complete cooperation berween the network and the Navy, organ- ized a production unit to create the program, and made S,ilomon producer. He has served throughout the prepa- ration of the series as its executive producer and co- ordinator. "Viaory at Sea" was assembled from more than 60.000,000 feet of film obtained from the files of 10 different governments and 26 different .igencies. Much of the him. including captured German and Japanese footage, will be seen for the first time. The attack on Pearl Harbor, for instance, is seen largely through the eyes of the Japanese. Submarine warfare in the Atlantic is pictured to a considerable extent from films exposed by U-boat crews. Neither cost nor effort was spared by NBC in searching for the exact sequences needed to depict specific phases of the war. For instance, the editors (Continued on page 32) Left: Some of the millions of feet of film from which editors selected sequences for the "Victory ot Sea" series. Below: One of the exciting scenes from films made available to NBC by the U. S. Navy. //.«s«r; RADIO AGE 19