Witness History Episodes Available now
The discovery of the Aztec Moon Goddess
How an accidental discovery in Mexico led to the uncovering of the Aztecs´ Great Temple.
The first democratic elections in the USSR
Soviet citizens voted in democratic elections for the first time in March 1989.
The millionaire Nazi war criminal
How the Dutch art collector Pieter Menten was exposed as a war criminal in the 1970s
How Little America was built in Afghanistan
In the 1950s, US engineers were sent to Afghanistan to build a dam.
Slaughterhouse-Five
In March 1969, American author Kurt Vonnegut published his cult anti-war novel.
China's breakthrough malaria cure
Chinese scientists used ancient traditional medicine to find a cure for malaria.
Lenin and the deadly mushrooms
A spoof TV show persuaded some Russians that Lenin took too many hallucinogenic mushrooms
The fall of Singapore
Life under Japanese occupation in Singapore during World War Two.
Britain's first female black headteacher
Yvonne Conolly was appointed head of Ringcross Primary school in North London in 1969
The woman who asked Britain to return the Parthenon marbles
Melina Mercouri asked Britain to return the Parthenon marbles removed by Lord Elgin.
