Embers Taking Flight

Call Number
350-1-1:470/3

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:470/3
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
BetaSP NTSC #470 / No. 3
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000470
Original Title
Der Funke fliegt
Date of air
1991-09-24
Date
1991
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
German
Duration
9 min.

Content

Form/Genre
Documentary film
Contents Summary
Focus on pre-war Bosnia and Herzegovina as the war began to spread from Croatia. Interviews with Alija Izetbegovic and Serbian politicians. Interview with two JNA soldiers as they begin to occupy parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Shows the aftermath of houses being shot at in a Mostar suburb by JNA soldiers stationed nearby. Shows the reactions of local people to the JNA reserve being mobilized in Bosnia. Two politicians are interviewed. Alija Izetbegovic, a Bosnian Muslim leader, talks about the Muslims' attempts to create a cooperative environment with the Serbs and Croats, while Professor Aleksa Buha talks about Greater Serbia. Report contains pre-war pictures of the cultural plethora characteristic of Bosnia (includes a map of the ethnic makeup of pre-war Bosnia).

Context

Associated Names
ORF (Producer)