My Century Episodes Episode guide
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Nicaraguan Revolution
"We didn't have free elections" Fighting for the Sandinistas to challenge the dictatorship
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Biafra, Nigerian Civil War
Chief Emeka Ojukwu led the Biafran war of secession in Nigeria from 1967 - 1970
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Witnessing Inventions
From the soft contact lens to TV, from the jet engine to the silicon chip
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World War I Stretcher Bearer
"They were all cannon fodder" Australian veteran Edward Smout recalls Passchendaele
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The Siege of Leningrad
"There just wasn't enough food. The hunger drove people insane" recalls Elena Taranukhina
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Invention of Television
How electronic TV production works using transmitters, receivers and cathode ray tubes
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Invention of the Vacuum Cleaner
From pillowcase to an idea inspired by the dust filtering system used at a saw mill
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Witnessing War
Listen to witness accounts from World War I to the shelling of Sarajevo
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Invention of the Silicon Chip
The invention of the silicon chip and predictions for its future
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Invention of the Jet Engine
Engineer Frank Whittle's invention began the era of widespread international air travel
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Invention of the Soft Contact Lens
Czech chemist Otto Wichterle invented the soft contact lens, but preferred to wear glasses
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Introduction to My Century
The radical events of the 20th Century altered the balance between countries and societies
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Witnesses to the 20th Century
Those who first saw the structure of DNA to the people who trained for Apollo XVI
