<p>Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is aviation historian Dr Victoria Taylor.</p><p>We start with an archive interview of American Chuck Yeager who became the first pilot to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947.
Then, a couple who were caught up in the attack on the Bataclan theatre in Paris in November 2015.</p><p>We hear from a prosecutor in the Nuremberg trials in 1945 after World War Two.</p><p>France’s former finance minister recalls how an economic crisis in the 1970s led to the birth of the G7.</p><p>Next, how a heated NBA game in 2004 spiralled into one of the most infamous brawls in sports history. </p><p>Finally, we hear the story of the first ever underwater cabinet meeting in 2009.</p><p>Contributors:</p><p>Chuck Yeager (from archive) - the first pilot to fly faster than the speed of sound.</p><p>Justine Merton-Scott and Tony Scott - a couple who survived the Bataclan attack in Paris.</p><p>Benjamin Ferencz - a prosecutor in the Nuremburg trials.</p><p>Jean-Pierre Fourcade - France's former finance minister.</p><p>Mark Boyle - radio broadcaster for the NBA's Indiana Pacers.</p><p>Mohamed Nasheed - former President of the Maldives.</p><p>(Photo: The first powered take off of Chuck Yeager's supersonic plane in 1947. Credit: Bettmann/Getty Images)</p>
