29/11/2014 GMT
A collection of stories including a tale of love against the odds during the Cold War, a feminist who disrupted a Miss World contest and a survivor of the Bhopal disaster.
From the British Library in the heart of London, 大象传媒 presenter Tanya Beckett brings us Witness, a collection of stories of our times told by the people who were there, including a tale of love against the odds during the Cold War, a feminist who disrupted a Miss World contest and a survivor of the Bhopal gas leak disaster.
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Gateway to America
Ellis Island closed in 1954. Isabel Belarsky passed through the immigration centre.
Birmingham Pub Bombings
40 years ago bombs exploded in two pubs in Birmingham, England. Les Robinson was there.
Women's Marathon Pioneer
In 1967, the athlete Kathrine Switzer, became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon.
The Miss World Protest
When feminists stormed the stage at the Miss World pageant in London in 1970
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