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29/09/2018 GMT

This month on Witness, the man who got America running, a woman who witnessed the Battle of Arnhem in World War Two and we remember the anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko.

Razia Iqbal presents five moments of history as told by the people who were there.
This month on Witness, the man who got America running, a woman who witnessed the Battle of Arnhem in World War Two, we remember the anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko, plus the Soviet Union's attempt to tackle alcoholism, and the 96 year old former prisoner of war who helped build the Bridge over the River Kwai.

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Thu 4 Oct 2018 09:30GMT

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