Witness History: Archive 2012

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Shoot

In November 1971 a young American artist decided to get a friend to take a shot at him. His name was Chris Burden and the shooting would go down in the history of performance art. He has been speaking to Witness about the ideas behind the event.

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  The Death of Steve Biko

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  John Howard Griffin: Black Like Me

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  The Los Angeles Riots

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  The Stolen Generation

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  African Troops During WWII

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  Pong and the birth of the computer game

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  Big Brother - the beginning of reality TV

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  Maitatsine

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  Vietnam War - Christmas bombing campaign

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  The Execution of the Ceauşescus

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  Dusty Plays South Africa

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  Mad cow disease - CJD

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  Libya and Weapons of Mass Destruction

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  The last men on the moon

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  Piltdown Man

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  The M Room