Witness History Episodes Available now
The Santa Cruz Massacre
In 1991, Indonesian troops opened fire on independence activists in East Timor's capital
1965 Singaporean independence
The 60th anniversary of Singaporean independence
Brazil’s biggest bank heist
In 2005, theives tunnelled into a Brazilian bank in a heist straight out of the movie
The Assam-Tibet earthquake
In 1950, an earthquake in the Himalayas devastated parts of Tibet and India
When Stalin silenced Shostakovich
In 1936, Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich was denounced
Nagasaki bomb
On 9 August 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan
Trailer. 13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle
The epic space story of a sci-fi dream that changed spaceflight forever
Japan's record-breaking rollercoaster
On 1 August 2000, Steel Dragon 2000 opened as the world’s longest rollercoaster
Chuquicamata: Chile's abandoned mining town
By 2007, the town lay abandoned after its 25,000 residents left due to pollution concerns
Cleveland Balloonfest '86
In 1986, one and a half million balloons were released as part of a world record attempt
