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Witness History Episodes

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    The Israeli Airlift of Ethiopian Jews

    In 1991 14000 Ethiopian Jews were airlifted to Israel during Operation Solomon

  2. Hands Across America

    The day millions of Americans formed a human chain to try to end poverty and homelessness

  3. The Execution of Anne Boleyn

    In May 1536 the Queen of England was executed on the orders of her husband, Henry VIII

  4. Kia Ora: Maori Rights Breakthrough in New Zealand

    Telephone operator Naida Glavish became known for saying good morning to callers in Maori

  5. Dien Bien Phu

    The French surrender at the siege of Dien Bien Phu ended their colonial rule of Vietnam

  6. Paris Protests of 1968

    How student protests and workers' strikes threatened to bring down France's government.

  7. Marcus Garvey

    In 1916 Marcus Garvey arrived in the US urging black people to unite in a new nation.

  8. Citizen Kane

    Archive interviews with Orson Welles about one of the greatest films of all time

  9. Riverdance

    Irish dance sensation Riverdance debuted at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin

  10. The Pope in Syria - 2001

    In May 2001 Pope John Paul the Second made a historic visit to Syria

  11. Kim Philby: The Third Man

    In May 1988, the death was announced in Moscow of the English spy Kim Philby.

  12. Escape from the South Atlantic

    In the spring of 1982 Britain and Argentina went to war over the Falkland Islands.

  13. The Imaginary War Heroes

    During World War Two, Soviet propaganda promoted a heroic feat that never happened.

  14. Hitler's Nuclear Programme

    Nazi Germany had a nuclear programme, which could have given Hitler an atomic bomb

  15. The Belfast Blitz

    In 1941, Belfast in Northern Ireland was devastated by German bombing

  16. Ernest Hemingway in Cuba

    Alberto Ramos remembers his time working for the great American novelist in Cuba.

  17. U2 Spy Plane

    In May 1960 Gary Powers was taken captive by the Soviets when his spy plane was shot down

  18. The Salem Witches

    In 1692 nineteen men and women were convicted of witchcraft and executed in America.

  19. The Creation of the Mini

    In 1959 the British Motoring Corporation unveiled a very small new family car - the Mini

  20. The McCarthy Era

    In spring 1950, an American academic was wrongly named as the main Soviet agent in the US

  21. The Funeral of Charles Darwin

    The great English naturalist Charles Darwin is buried at Westminster Abbey in April 1882

  22. Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

    In April 1986 a reactor exploded at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine

  23. Yves Saint Laurent and Morocco

    In 1966 the great French fashion designer went to Morocco for the first time

  24. Shakespeare's Jubilee

    How actor David Garrick organised the first national celebration of Shakespeare in 1769

  25. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

    An industrial disaster in New York in 1911 led to huge social reforms.

  26. Fighting for Castro at the Bay of Pigs

    A member of Cuba's communist militia recalls battling US-backed invaders in April 1961

  27. The Harrier in the Falklands War

    A Harrier pilot remembers the air battle over the Falklands in 1982

  28. Haile Selassie In Jamaica

    On 21 April 1966 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia arrived in Jamaica

  29. The Spanish Republic

    How writers and artists campaigned to bring culture to every corner of 1930s Spain

  30. Executed for Being Too Capitalist

    In 1961, in Soviet Central Asia, 21 managers were executed for using capitalist methods.

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