My Century Episodes Available now
Manufacturing Model T Cars at Ford
Paul Batin arrived at the Ford Motor plant in Detroit as a young boy in 1927
Indonesian Garment Worker
"I dream about clean work, free from oppression, free from exploitation"
Currency Trader in the UK
"It's a very combative environment" says Robert Rigg of London's finance district
The Architect of Brasilia
Brasilia became Brazil's capital in 1960. Oscar Niemeyer was commissioned to build it
The City
What it was like to build cities, govern them but most importantly to live in them
Workers of The World
A Russian miner, an Indonesian garment worker, City trader and a Ford plant worker
Japan's Salarymen
Property consultant or salaryman, Hitoshi Iemura describes his job in Tokyo
Mining in the USSR
Ukrainian Vladimir Titarev on how miners used to be the heroes of the Soviet State
Drinking Coffee with Fidel Castro
Andres Castillo Berna took Fidel Castro to a cafe and they talked for hours
Using the Media to Make the World Aware of Apartheid
Helped by Miles Davis and Harry Belafonte - Hugh Masekela had a hit with Stimela
