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Witness: Archive 2013
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
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20 of 256 episodesAnti-Shah Demonstrations in Iran
Millions of people took to the streets of Iran's main cities in December 1978. They were demonstrating against the Shah and his authoritaria...
Prison Camp in WW2 Manila, Philippines
Thousands of foreign civilians were interned in camps when Japanese troops occupied the Philippines in World War II. Many of the inmates suf...
The Murder of Dian Fossey
Gorilla expert Dian Fossey was murdered in her cabin at her research centre in Rwanda on 26 December 1985. Lucy Burns speaks to Kelly Stewar...
Grand Theft Auto
A new computer game - designed in Scotland - became a surprise global hit in 1997. But Grand Theft Auto also courted controversy and sparked...
The MP Who Faked His Own Death
British MP John Stonehouse faked his own death in Miami in November 1974 - and was discovered just weeks later in Australia on 24 December....
Murder in the Amazon
In December 1988 the Brazilian environmental campaigner, Chico Mendes, was shot dead by cattle ranchers. The 44-year-old leader of the rubbe...
Lockerbie Bombing
On 21 December 1988 an American airliner was blown out of the sky above Scotland. A bomb had been planted in its luggage hold. All of the 25...
The Assassination of Spain's Prime Minister
On December 20, 1973 Luis Carrero Blanco, the Spanish PM was killed by a massive bomb which was detonated under his car in Madrid. It had be...
Indonesia Invades East Timor
In December 1975, East Timor was invaded by its neighbour Indonesia, just a few days after the Timorese had declared independence from Portu...
The Kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr
In December 1963 the 19-year-old son of Frank Sinatra - Frank Jr - was kidnapped for a ransom. He was released unharmed after two days. Barr...
International Space Station
In December 1998, NASA astronaut Bob Cabana and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev were the first on board the International Space Station, a...
South Africa Wins the Rugby World Cup
In 1995, post-apartheid South Africa hosted, and won, the Rugby World Cup. It was a hugely unifying moment for the country. Hear from Franco...
The Soweto Uprising
In June 1976 South African police opened fire on schoolchildren protesting against having to learn Afrikaans at school. Hear from Bongi Mkha...
The ANC's Armed Struggle
In 1961 the African National Congress decided to take up arms against Apartheid. The organisation's military wing was called Umkhonto we Siz...
Apartheid in the 1950s
Following the death of Nelson Mandela we remember the system he was fighting against. Using BBC archive we present a snapshot of the attitud...
The Destruction of the Mosque at Ayodhya
In December 1993, Hindu activists demolished a Muslim holy site.
Prohibition in the USA
On 5 December 1933 prohibition came to an end. For almost 14 years it had been illegal to sell alcohol in the USA. The law was widely floute...
Psychiatry and Homosexuality in the USA
From the 1950s until the 1970s, homosexuality was classed as a mental illness in the USA. Hear from Charles Silverstein, a campaigner who pe...
Vietnamese Boat People
In the late 1970s, after the end of the Vietnam War, over a million people fled the country on small overcrowded boats. Hear the story of ju...
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