Identity Statement

Reference Code

HU OSA 308-0-2

Title

Off-Air Recordings of Television News and Other Political Programs

Date(s)

1996 - 1999

Description Level

Series

Extent and medium (processed)

445 VHS PAL, 11.12 linear meters

Context

Archival history

The series was digitized in 2023.

Content and Structure

Scope and Content (Abstract)

Daily news broadcasts which document everyday political events as portrayed by the governmnet-controlled Serbian media. The programs are approximately 30 minutes in length and include reports of the headlines, world politics, internal politics, economics, culture, sport, weather report and commercials. Special political programs and reports of Television BK and Television Politika are also included.

Some of the highlights of this acquisition include Slobodan Milosevic's speeches throughout the years, the students protests of 1996-97, the rise of the Kosovo crisis, and the programs aired during the 78-day of NATO bombings in spring 1999, including President Milosevic's announcement of the beginning of the war; and his declaration of "victory".

Accruals

Not Expected

System of arrangement

Arraged chronologically.

Conditions of Access and Use

Conditions governing access

Unknown

Conditions governing reproduction

All copyrights are held by producers.

Languages

Serbian

Description Control

Archivist's note

Processed by Suzanne Adamko, 1998; revised by Andrea Jakobs, 1999 and Zsuzsanna Zadori, September, 2002.