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, BBC 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.
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Birmingham Pub Bombings
40 years ago bombs exploded in two pubs in Birmingham, England. Les Robinson was there.
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Women's Marathon Pioneer
In 1967, the athlete Kathrine Switzer, became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon.
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The Miss World Protest
When feminists stormed the stage at the Miss World pageant in London in 1970
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