Five Came Back - The Reference Films Season 1 Episode release dates & where to watch

1. Nazi Concentration Camp

Produced and presented as evidence at the Nuremberg war crimes trial of Hermann Göring and twenty other Nazi leaders.

2. The Battle for Russia

Documentary revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.

3. Battle of Midway

The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened.

4. Thunderbolt

A WW2 documentary on the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter/bomber pilots in missions (Operation Strangle) from their base in Corsica to Northern Italy in 1944, destroying railroads, bridges, trains, vehicles and hard targets.

5. Why We Fight

The official World War II US Government film statement defining the various enemies of the Allies and why they must be fought.

6. The Memphis Belle - Story of a Flying Fortress

A documentary on the 25th bombing mission of the Memphis Belle, a B-17 in the US 8th Air Force.

7. Tunisian Victory

Documentary made by the U.S. Army Signal Corps.

8. San Pietro

Director John Huston documents the Battle of San Pietro Infine in December 1943.

9. Report from the Aleutians

Filmmaker John Huston narrates this Oscar-nominated World War II-era film about life among the U.S. soldiers protecting Alaska's Aleutian Islands.

10. The Negro Soldier

Documentary focusing on the contributions to the American war effort of African-American soldiers.

11. Undercover

A training film for OSS agents who are to be dropped behind enemy lines, covering cover and concealment, ambush techniques, etc.

12. Let There Be Light

A group of mentally traumatized veteran patients is followed as they go through psychiatric treatment.