Witness History Episodes Available now
Conflict over a Tree in the DMZ
In August 1976, two US soldiers were killed in the zone between North and South Korea.
Studio Ghibli - Japanese Animation
In August 1986 the first Studio Ghibli film hit Japanese cinema screens.
Bibles in US Schools
In 1963 a third of schools in the US had to change their rules on Bible reading.
The murder of Federico Garcia Lorca
How the great poet and dramatist was murdered at the start of the Spanish Civil War.
The Kray Gang
Maureen Flanagan on her relationship with London's gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray.
Fleeing Deportation to the USSR
After WW2, many Soviet citizens who had ended up outside the USSR, refused to go home.
The Nairobi Embassy Bombing
In 1998, al-Qaeda killed more than 200 people in attacks on US embassies in East Africa.
The Excavation of Masada
Nearly two thousand years ago, Masada in Israel was the site of a mass suicide.
The Twin Towers High-Wire Walk
Philippe Petit recalls his daring feat high above the New York streets in August 1974
American Air Traffic Controllers' Strike
In August 1981 over 11,000 air traffic controllers were fired after two days on strike.
