Various News Reports [13/42]

Call Number
350-1-1:495/1

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:495/1
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
BetaSP NTSC #495 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000495
Date of production
1994
Date
1994
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
German, French
Notes
Part 13, on Beta and VHS.ű

Content

Form/Genre
Television program
Contents Summary
ARD: Thomas Reimer reports on a peace agreement signed between Bosnia's three warring factions in Genf, Switzerland. Bosnian Serb forces are to remove their heavy weapons and Bosnian government forces are to put their heavy weapons under UN control. Karadzic refused to negotiate until an investigation of the marketplace massacre was officially conducted. Cited are statements made by Bosnian Parliament President Haris Silajdzic, Croatian Delegation Representative Mile Akmadzic, and Serbian leader Radovan Karadzic. ARD: "Five Rings Around Sarajevo: 10 Years After The Olympic Games" is a documentary by Friedhelm Brebeck. Brebeck compares the Olympic Sarajevo of 1984 to the war-torn Sarajevo of 1994. He interviews Sarajevans about their memories of the Olympic Sarajevo and what it all meant to them. Interviews are conducted with former Olympic Committee members, contestants during the 1984 games, two Olympic athletes nominated to compete in the Littlehammer games, and several Sarajevo citizens. Interviewed are the following people: Ahmet Jazic, 70 years old, carried the Olympic baton in 1984; Ibrahim Zildzo, tourist guide; Ugljesa Uzelac, Vice-President of the Olympic Organization Committee and mayor of Sarajevo during the Olympics; Ahmed Karabegovic, General Secretary of the Olympic Organizational Committee; Zijad Mehic, TV editor; Bosnian Serb Commander Kojic; Jure Franko, Slovene national who won a silver medal for Yugoslavia in the 1984 games; a Serbian ski instructor; Suad Karajic, former Olympic tobbogan team member; Slavenko Likic, speed skater, nominated to represent Bosnian in the Littlehammer games; Igor Boras, bobcat runner, nominated to compete in Littlehammer (the UN was unable to get him and Slavenko Likic out of Sarajevo in order to compete in Littlehammer); Dalida and Bojan Hadzihalovic, computer designers; Juan Antonio Samaranch; and five unidentified Sarajevo men. Footage included: 45,000 people standing in the Olympic stadium commemorating the death of Tito, the entrance of the Yugoslav Olympic team in 1984, the Olympic stadium in 1994 (turned into the largest graveyard with 10,000 graves), the destroyed Zetra Ice skating ring (turned into a garage for French foreign legion vehicles), the destroyed Skenderija building with a "Sniper Beware" sign in front of it, a 1984 Olympic hockey game, an Iman calling out for prayer, old-town Sarajevo in winter time, people standing around puddles of blood at the beginning of the armed conflict, a truck being shot at and setting on fire, policemen carrying a wounded person in a blanket, a wounded man dragging himself to cover, the destroyed Olympic museum, a destroyed Holiday Inn hotel, the "Evropa" hotel, and a Sarajevo outdoor market in winter time. Included are two ARD reports from 1984 prior to the Olympics. One broadcast reported on how other Yugoslav republics and businesses have not been helping out financially in organizing the Sarajevo games. The other reports gives an outline of why the Serbian people are not too involved in the organization of the games, particularly focusing on the economic crisis in the whole of Yugoslavia. ZDF: Bernhard Richte reports on weapons deals being struck between Yugoslavia and Russia. Russia is reported to have sent $360 million worth of weapons to Krajina Serb forces. Secret negotiations between Russian and Krajina Serb representatives were conducted in Bulgaria and Romania. Russia is also to help with the education of Bosnian Serb forces, some of whom have Kozacks among their ranks. ZDF: The following broadcast reports that Croatia has blocked a weapons delivery to Bosnian Muslim forces in Bosnia. The report is cut off. ZDF: Ulrich Friedler reports on the general depression in Belgrade, caused by the war, the failed economy, and high unemployment. The focus is on Belgrade University students and the "Women in Black Against War." After the unsuccessful student protests in 1992, the opposition has been silenced and the Women in Black remain the only visible opposition the Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. Statements are made by three unidentified Belgrade men, two unidentified University students, film director Irfan Mensur, and an unidentified "Woman in Black" representative. Footage includes Belgrade University, and lines in front of a Belgrade bank; RTS/B1 footage of soldiers raising the Serbian flag. German TV: This report is cut off. It details the Bosnian Serb response to the Bosnian Croat/Muslim offensive. Footage included: grenades hitting buildings, Bosnian Serb tanks, and Bosnian Serb soldiers getting into a tank. ARD: This report is cut off. It contains an interview with a Bosnian Serb commander. RTSNS footage: soldiers walking past a house in winter time. ARD: This report is cut off. This broadcast is an interview with Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic where he addresses the peace negotiations. FRANCE2: This report needs French translation. Footage includes: Vojislav Seselj in the Yugoslav parliament, Zeljko Raznjatovic-Arkan and his soldiers cleaning their weapons, Slobodan Milosevic shaking hands with Cyrus Vance, Radovan Karadzic getting off a plane, and TVBiH footage of JNA army trucks. 3SAT (00:55:00–end of tape): The last part of the tape contains part of the "Wedding in Sarajevo" documentary by Milan Trivic. The full report is on tape 630.

Context

Associated Names
ZDF (Producer)
B1 (Producer)
ARD (Producer)
F2 (Producer)
3sat (Producer)