Witness History Episodes Available now
Christian the Lion
The story of two Australians who berfriended a lion in London, and freed him in Africa
Telstar
Fifty years since the first transatlantic broadcast
The Kitchen Debate
In July 1959, two Cold War leaders argued over whose system was best
Moroccan exodus
In 1961 hundreds of Jewish children were smuggled from Morocco to Israel
Libyan prison massacre
In 1996 over a thousand prisoners were killed at a jail in Tripoli
The Genoa riots of 2001
It is 10 years since protests against a G8 summit turned violent on the streets of Genoa
Rupert Murdoch, the early years
Rupert Murdoch's career in the media began in the Australian town of Adelaide in the 1950s
The death of Tom Simpson
In July 1967 British cyclist Tom Simpson, rode himself to death on the Tour de France
The opening of Disneyland
In July 1955 the first ever Disney theme park was opened in California
The Crusaders capture Jerusalem
The tale of the momentous and bloody capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders in 1099
