Witness History Episodes Available now
Protectors of the Amazon
In 2003, the Sarayaku community began a legal battle against an oil company
The Amoco Cadiz oil spill
In 1978, a crude oil tanker was shipwrecked off the coast of France
Nigeria strikes oil
In 1956 commercial quantities of oil were discovered in Nigeria
The oilfield that changed Kazakhstan
In 1993 Kazakhstan partnered with Chevron and started drilling for oil
The oil crisis of 1973
In October 1973, Arab nations slashed oil production causing prices to sky rocket
The first cat cafe
In 1998, the world’s first cat cafe opened in Taiwan
The Lampedusa shipwreck tragedy
In 2013, a ship carrying more than 500 migrants sank off the coast of Lampedusa.
Kassandra: The peacekeeping telenovela in Bosnia
The Latin American soap opera Kassandra helped keep peace in Bosnia
Concorde's first flight
On 2 March 1969 Concorde took to the skies for the first time
Vietnam War: Stopping nuclear disaster
In 1975, physicist Wally Hendrickson prevented nuclear disaster in Vietnam
