So we drove down to the beach this morning just to see the waves and Logan said 'it's Victory at Sea'. He was right of course but when I asked him what it means he just said blown out.
Man, he didn't know the reference to best war TV show of all time! Victory at Sea. I loved this show! I am a failure as a parent and pop culture historian. I immediately had to go to Wikipedia and YouTube.I found it and it still good. enjoy
Wikipedia: Victory at Sea was a documentary TV series about naval warfare during World War II that was originally aired by NBC in the USA in 26 half-hour segments on Sunday afternoons, starting October 26, 1952 and ending May 3, 1953. The series, which won an Emmy in 1954 as best public affairs program, played a major role in establishing historic documentaries as a viable television genre. When it first aired, NBC thought it so important that it had no commercial breaks.
We used to watch this show and it was great. I tried to find out when the expression was taken by the surf community, but there was nothing really in print until the 90's.
victory at sea -idiom
(idiom) ocean, Ocean conditions very windblown and messy, possibly to the point of being inimical to surfing and other water sports.
1995, Tom Tweed, 1/5/95 sd cali. surf 7-8' onshore slop
I remember the expression when I was a kid in the 70's and I am sure they used it from the 50's after looking at the opening segment.
Syd Barett 1969
6 days ago
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Great historical footage. Propoganda anyone? We're lucky we individually never had to fight in a war like that. I never really knew where the phrase came from either. Cool stuff A.
My Dad was in the Navy in WW2 and never talked about it until a few years ago. He never watched war stuff or would allow anything like this on when he was home.
I always liked watching stuff like this but have found the best war for me to be involved in is is on my kids Xbox.
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