Witness History Episodes Available now
The Rivonia Trial
In 1964, Nelson Mandela was put on trial for treason with seven other ANC activists
Prohibition in the USA
For 14 years it was illegal to sell alcohol in the USA - prohibition only ended in 1933
Psychiatry and Homosexuality in the USA
How Charles Silverstein challenged the view that homosexuality was a mental illness
Vietnamese Boat People
After the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, over a million people fled the country by boat.
Murder of Churchwomen in El Salvador
In December 1980 three US nuns and a layworker were killed in El Salvador
Portugal Attacks Guinea
Portuguese soldiers raided the independent West African nation of Guinea in 1970
The Tehran Conference of World War Two
In November 1943 Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill all met together to discuss WW2
How Child Road Deaths Changed the Netherlands
The 1970s road safety campaign which changed the face of the Netherlands.
The First Panda in America
In 1936 socialite Ruth Harkness and her guide captured a panda cub and took it to the US
The Trojan Room Coffee Pot
How a preoccupation with coffee became the inspiration for the first webcam in 1993
