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Witness History: 15/08/2020

15/08/2020

BBC News Channel - Witness History, 15/08/2020

Tanya Beckett introduces us to five people who have experienced historical moments.

Witness History hears from a survivor of the Khmer Rouge and the man who tried to find a cure for the common cold.

In Witness History, Tanya Beckett introduces us to five people who have experienced important moments in the recent past. We hear from a survivor of the Khmer Rouge, the man who tried to find a cure for the common cold and an aeronautical engineer who was the flight director when Apollo 11 landed on the moon. 
                                                                                                                          


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