Witness History Episodes Available now
Italian happiness trains
Between 1945 and 1952, 鈥榟appiness trains鈥� transported 70,000 children from southern Italy
The opening of the Medellin Metro
How a train system helped transform the 鈥渕urder capital of the world鈥� in 2015
The funeral train for Robert Kennedy
In June 1968, Robert Kennedy was killed during his campaign for the presidency
The Czech Freedom Train
On 11 September 1951, a Czech train was hijacked and driven into West Germany
The Gratitude Train: France thanks America
In 1949, the Gratitude Train arrived in the US, 49 wagons of thank you gifts from France
Making Jaws
On 20 June 1975 the film premiered, launching summer blockbusters and scaring beachgoers
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
The signing of a peace agreement that marked the end of World War One took place in 1919
Civil rights swim-in
In 1964, a civil rights swimming protest ended when acid was poured into the pool
Charleston church shooting
Polly Sheppard, a survivor of the 2015 Charleston shooting, describes how it unfolded
'Tripperburgen' the sexual health clinics that detained women
In 1977, in the former East Germany, tens of thousands of women and girls were abused
