Witness History Episodes Available now
Kuwait oil fires 1991
A Texan firefighter recalls the battle in Kuwait against the world's biggest oil fire
Charlie Chaplin's film The Great Dictator
In October 1940 Charlie Chaplin released an epic film mocking Adolf Hitler
Wall Street Crash of 1987
The biggest one-day crash in the history of the New York Stock Exchange
Pinochet Case
General Pinochet's surprise arrest at a London clinic in 1998
Land Speed Record
On October 15 1997, a British team set a land speed record which still hasn't been beaten.
Olympic protest 1968
At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, two black American athletes staged a protest
Brazil prison massacre
How the Brazilian police killed 111 prisoners during a riot in a Sao Paulo jail.
Bali Bombs
Bomb attacks shatter the Indonesian island of Bali, eight years ago today.
Asylums
A special edition of Witness looks at life inside psychiatric institutions of the past.
Che Guevara
On the 9th of October 1967 Che Guevara was killed by armed forces in the Bolivian jungle.
