Witness History Episodes Available now
Elian Gonzalez
The six-year-old boy caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between Miami and Havana
President Kennedy's Visit to Ireland
President Kennedy's emotional visit to Ireland shortly before his assassination in 1963
Montserrat volcano
In June 1997 the Soufriere Hills volcano erupted on the Caribbean island of Montserrat
Fermat's Last Theorem
Andrew Wiles on solving the problem which had intrigued mathematicians for centuries
Operation Barbarossa
An eyewitness account of the launch of Nazi Germany's attack on the Soviet Union
The Voyage of the Empire Windrush
The story of the coming of the first West Indian migrants to Britain, back in 1948
Australian evacuee
During WWII British children were sent away from the cities to escape German bombs
Rape of Nanjing
How the Japanese army went on the rampage in the Chinese city of Nanjing in 1937
Nureyev defects to the West
On 16 June 1961 the great ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev cut his ties with the Soviet Union
East German Uprising
In June 1953 East German workers went on strike in protest at Soviet rule
