Start of War in Croatia/Bosnia [1/2]

Call Number
350-1-1:277/1

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:277/1
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
BetaSP NTSC #277 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000277
Date of production
1992
Date
1992
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
Serbian
Notes
Part 1 • Torture • Destruction Civilian Property • Destruction Cultural Heritage • Ethnic Cleansing • Military/Para-Military • Refugee/Ex-Pow ID

Content

Form/Genre
Television program
Contents Summary
Report on the shelling of villages and towns in Western Slavonia. Report on fighting around Okučani and Trnava village between JNA and Croatian forces. Found weapons and packages with narcotics. Miodrag Popov reports from Mirkovci on Croatian paramilitary forces attacks from Pakrac and Lipik. TVNS: cut-off beginning. Report on fighting in Krajina. Serbian Volunteer Guard soldiers, Dragan Petrović, Nenad Marković, and Sava Stanković, receive award from Arkan. RTB: Nikola Deretić reports on heavy fighting in the Lipik and Western Slavonia area between JNA and Croatian forces. 00:08:10 RTB: Interview with JNA soldier nicknamed "Okac." Interview with Serbian soldier named Dejan. 00:09:10 Croatian forces desecrate "their own" graveyard in Bogićevci village (near Okučani). TVSA: Serbian police confiscate ammunition and military supplies from Albanian extremists in Kosovo. 00:10:14 RTB: Cut-off interview with JNA Commander Ljubivoje Pantelić-Grom. 00:10:26
3KTVB: JNA forces seize Seovice and Skenderovci villages in Western Slavonia. Report from Banija frontlines. Interview with tank commander Miroslav Simić. 00:12:06 Brief, cut-off interview with JNA Captain Anton Gustović. 00:12:16 Report on fighting in Western Slavonia where Banja Luka corps and Territorial Defense Forces-Okučani have put themselves under JNA command. BBC (broadcast on 3K): Report on heavy fighting in Turanj area; a Croatian cameraman is killed by a mortar shell. 00:13:45
3SAT (broadcast on TVNS): Brief, cut-off report on Albanian military training tank personnel with model tanks and planes. 00;16:20 Cut-off report on JNA forces entering Toranjci village. TVSA (broadcast on TV Politika): Report on vandalized police station in Sarajevo, TV crew travelling towards Sarajevo airport. 00:20:40 Cut-off report on Holiday Inn shooting in Sarajevo. 00:21:00 TVNS, RTB: Reports on Novi Sad Corps on frontlines in Slavonia. 00:2:27 RTB: Bosnian Serb government splits with Bosnian Croat/Muslim government. Armed men patrolling Sarajevo streets. 00:24:47 TVNS: Report on fighting in Mostar. 00:26:00 RTB: JNA commander shows the mutilated bodies of 28 Serbs in Kupres. Interview with captured soldiers of the Territorial Defense Forces-Tomislavgrad (former Duvno). 00:28:12 RTB: Cut-off report on tense situation of Sarajevo; snipers active. TVNS: Interview with JNA soldier on enemy forces in Mostar area. 00:31:32 RTB: Use amateur footage shot April 4, 1992. Croatian forces attack JNA positions from Hungary proper. Croatian snipers use Eperješ border crossing in Hungary to shoot at JNA guards at Đuro Salaj border crossing. TVNS: Croatian forces leave behind mangled bodies of Serbian civilians in Gornji and Donji Malovan. BBC (broadcast on 3K): Report on Arkan's forces in Zvornik. Bosnian Muslim refugees fleeing Zvornik area. RTS: Report on Zvornik, Arkan's forces escorting Muslim families out of town. Commentator talks about how Western media presented all the civilian casualties as Muslims, but who later turned out to be Serbs. 00:37:00 RTB/TV POLITIKA: Report on fighting around Gornji i Donji Malovan. RTB: Sniper shoots a "Večernje novosti" reporter in Vukovar; two reporters from the newspaper die in a short period of time. Arkan filmed during military operations in Slavonia in 1991.

Context

Associated Names
Radio-televizija Srbije (RTS) (Producer)
TV Novi Sad (Producer)