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Oscar nominated Jack Cardiff talks about his long career in cinema
Zapata's Peasant Army
Emeterio Pantaleon Garcia learned to fight with the guerilla leader during the revolution
The Dictionary of Newfoundland English
Annie Proulx's choice for her book of the 21st Century captures a vibrant dialect
Armenian Genocide
"We suffered very much... I feel I can't say anything because it is done and finished"
Working with Ayatollah Khomeini
Ebrahim Yazdi was deputy prime minister and foreign minister Iran's provisional government
Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
"It's about the meeting of the European culture... with that of an Igbo tribe"
Becoming a Journalist in Africa
African journalist Cameron Duodu reported on South Africa, from Sharpville to Mandela
Said's Autobiography Out of Place
Ahdaf Soueif says it articulates the inner conflict between the Middle East and the West
Best of My Century - Freedom and Independence
From life under the British in India to the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa
Best of My Century - Witnesses
Defining moments of 20th Century - from the Iranian revolution to the Armenian genocide
Best of My Century - Progress
The scientific and technological breakthroughs that have transformed our lives
Best of My Century - Continuity and Change
Customs of an older age: harvest time with horses, hunting and letter writing
Best of My Century - Human Life
Ordinary lives in the 20th Century from the washing machine to migration
Germany Invades Poland
Clare Hollingworth saw rows of tanks and she knew it meant an imminent German invasion
Assassination of President John F Kennedy
Jeff Franzen was six when he witnessed the assassination of President John F Kennedy
Hitler Youth Courier in the F眉hrerbunker
"I was four years old when he came to power. I was a product of Nazi upbringing"
A Witness to all of the 20th Century
Molly Garth was 100 on 1 January, 2000. She describes her long life
Best of My Century - the Arts
Artistic highlights of the 20th Century from swing dancing, to Picasso to Samuel Beckett
Best of My Century - War
Accounts from survivors of conflicts in Rwanda, Spain, Vietnam, Lebanon and Bosnia
Best of My Century - World War II
Survivors of the siege of Leningrad, the Holocaust and Hiroshima
Best of My Century - Communism
Stalin, the Long March, the Cultural Revolution and the fall of the Berlin Wall