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In November 1975, a summit took place at Rambouillet, France, where the heads of six of the world\u2019s most industrialised nations and their finance ministers came together. <\/p>\n
The leaders of the US, France, Germany, Britain, Japan and Italy hoped to solve the ongoing economic crisis. The summit marked the birth of an institution now known as the G7. France\u2019s former Finance Minister, Jean-Pierre Fourcade, was at the conference. He speaks to Ben Henderson. <\/p>\n
Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there.<\/p>\n
For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more.<\/p>\n
Recent episodes explore everything from the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue. <\/p>\n
We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: Eva Peron \u2013 Argentina\u2019s Evita; President Ronald Reagan and his famous \u2018tear down this wall\u2019 speech; Thomas Keneally on why he wrote Schindler\u2019s List; and Jacques Derrida, France\u2019s \u2018rock star\u2019 philosopher.<\/p>\n
You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the civil rights swimming protest; the disastrous D-Day rehearsal; and the death of one of the world\u2019s oldest languages.<\/p>\n
(Photo: The closing session of the summit at Rambouillet Castle. Credit: AFP via Getty images)<\/p>\n