Witness History Clips

1. South Georgia: The whaling museum at the end of the world—The museum at the end of the world

   Duration: 01:16

2. How did Agatha Christie become the best-selling novelist?—Agatha Christie: best-selling novelist of all time

   Duration: 01:29

3. Discovering the coelacanth - 'I've never seen a fish like this'—The discovery of the coelacanth

   Duration: 01:08

4. Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier—Breaking the sound barrier

   Duration: 01:18

5. My dad created Mr Men and Little Miss—My dad created Mr Men and Little Miss

   Duration: 01:29

6. Why do fans love Pokémon 30 years later?—'I developed Pokémon'

   Duration: 01:22

7. Exiled Ayatollah Khomeini's return to Iran in 1979—Exiled Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran

   Duration: 01:28

8. Longplayer: The 1000-year-long musical composition—The longest musical composition

   Duration: 01:15

9. Eva Peron: Who was the real Evita?—Eva Peron: Argentina’s Evita

   Duration: 01:27

10. Play-Doh's surprising origins—Inventing Play-Doh

    Duration: 01:17

11. Why we still love The Moomins - 80 years on—My aunt created The Moomins

    Duration: 01:32

12. Resusci Anne: 'My father invented the CPR dummy after I nearly drowned'—Resusci Anne: the world’s first life-saving resuscitation dummy

    Duration: 01:08

13. Irawati Karve: India's first female anthropologist—Irawati Karve: India’s groundbreaking anthropologist

    Duration: 01:27

14. Borobudur: How the world's largest Buddhist monument was restored—Borobudur Temple

    Duration: 01:31

15. The Greek debt crisis—Greece’s debt crisis

    Duration: 00:47

16. Risking my life for Palmyra's artefacts—Rescuing Palmyra’s treasures from the Islamic State group

    Duration: 01:27

17. Miniatur Wunderland: The world's largest model railway—The world’s largest model train set

    Duration: 01:30

18. Medellin Metro: The cable cars that transformed a Colombian city—The opening of the Medellin Metro

    Duration: 01:26

19. Did Shostakovich defy Stalin with Symphony No 5?—When Stalin silenced Shostakovich

    Duration: 01:29

20. My dad invented the automatic electric rice cooker—The invention of the automatic electric rice cooker

    Duration: 01:26

21. Discovering Homofloresiensis: 'I hated the name hobbit'—Discovery of the 'Hobbit'

    Duration: 01:31

22. “We nearly doubled their population” - Stranded in Gander on 9/11—9/11: The generosity of Gander

    Duration: 01:32

23. Who was Malcolm X?—Assassination of Malcolm X

    Duration: 01:29

24. Why are the world's coral reefs turning white?—The first global case of coral bleaching

    Duration: 01:29