The Outbreak of World War One

Eyewitness accounts from the archives of the start of war in the summer of 1914

• 9 mins

The Man Who Tried to Kill Hitler

In July 1944 a group of German officers attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

• 15 mins

The Death of Frida Kahlo

On 13 July 1954, celebrated Mexican artist Frida Kahlo died at the age of 47.

• 15 mins

Steve Biko

Steve Biko led South Africa's Black Consciousness Movement before he was killed in 1977.

• 15 mins

The Crime That Shocked Argentina

In April 2004, the murder of a young student provoked a wave of protests in Argentina.

• 15 mins

Jailed for Speaking his Mind in China

Harry Wu was a young student jailed for nearly 20 years in Communist China.

• 15 mins

World War One in Africa

Rare recordings of African veterans of WW1 in East Africa

• 9 mins

The Port Arthur Massacre

The murder of 35 people by one gunman led to sweeping changes in Australia's gun laws.

• 15 mins

Remembering Chairman Mao

Chinese leader Mao Zedong died on 9 September 1976. Sidney Rittenberg knew him well.

• 15 mins

Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters

In 1964, author Ken Kesey led a group of friends on a psychedelic road trip across the USA

• 15 mins

The Sinking of the 'Joola' Ferry

In 2002 the 'Joola' ferry sank off Senegal with the loss of more than 1800 lives

• 9 mins

Leipzig - Before the Wall Came Down

Massive demonstrations in the East German city heralded the fall of the Berlin Wall.

• 11 mins

The Death of Che Guevara

In October 1967, the Marxist revolutionary was captured and killed in Bolivia.

• 11 mins

Voting Against the War on Terror

Only one person voted against giving the US president extra powers after 9/11: Barbara Lee

• 11 mins

The Soweto Uprising

In 1976, schoolchildren marched in protest at the apartheid regime in South Africa.

• 11 mins

The Murder of Anna Politkovskaya

In October 2006, the campaigning Russian journalist was shot outside her Moscow flat.

• 11 mins

The Destruction of Iraq's Marshes

In the 1990s Saddam Hussein oversaw the destruction of southern Iraq's ancient marshes

• 9 mins

The Nuremberg Trials

The story of the only surviving American prosecutor at the Nuremberg war crimes trials

• 9 mins

The Making of Kind of Blue

Drummer Jimmy Cobb recalls playing with Miles Davis on the album that changed jazz forever

• 15 mins

The Hong Kong Riots of 1967

Striking workers and students filled the streets calling for an end to British rule.

• 15 mins

The Life and Death of Agatha Christie

The best-selling novelist in history, crime-writer Agatha Christie, died in January 1976

• 9 mins

Zeppelins Attack England

In January 1915 huge German Zeppelin airships began the first bombing raids on England

• 9 mins

The rise of England's football hooligans

The rise of violence between English football fans in the 1970s

• 9 mins

A Cure for Tuberculosis

Professor Denny Mitchison was a pioneer in the search for a cure for tuberculosis.

• 9 mins

The Sophiatown Removals

How apartheid destroyed one of the last multiracial communities in 1950s South Africa.

• 15 mins

Jackie Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis

The romance between the widowed US First Lady and the Greek shipping tycoon in the 1960s.

• 14 mins

Bloods and Crips truce

In April 1992, the main black street gangs in Los Angeles started a historic truce.

• 9 mins

Bloods and Crips

The truce in 1992 between the two main black street gangs in Los Angeles.

• 14 mins

The Iran Hostage Rescue Mission

On 24 April 1980, the US launched a disastrous attempt to free its hostages in Iran

• 9 mins

The Mass Trespass on Kinder Scout

A 1932 protest which helped win the right to roam freely across the English countryside

• 9 mins