Sarajevo

Call Number
350-1-1:166/1

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:166/1
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
BetaSP NTSC #166 / No. 1
Date of production
1993
Date
1993
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
Afghan persian, dari

Content

Form/Genre
Documentary film
Contents Summary
In this short film, images of pre-war Sarajevo are intertwined with war-time images. Images of residents praying in the Serbian Orthodox church, and in the Catholic Cathedral, Jewish synagogue is also shown, mosques, shows multicultural character of Sarajevo, being. Yugoslav army forces withdrawing from the city, Yugoslav army soldier pointing a sniper at Sarajevo, combined with images of pre-war Sarajevo to illustrate what was at a target, showing church towers and mosques, thus indicating that a multicultural tradition that was fostered in Sarajevo for centuries was now being destroyed. Short sequence from demonstrations in Sarajevo just before the war had started is included. Muslims are shown during a prayer, UN forces shown crushing the town, buildings burning in Sarajevo, destruction, burned Post office building in Sarajevo, National library before its destruction, stills of Gavrilo Princip, Franz Ferdinand shooting in Sarajevo, shooting at the wounded at Socialno Junction, Marijin Dvor, breadline massacre.

Context

Associated Names
Idrizović, Mirza (Director)
SaGA Production (Producer)
Radiotelevizija Bosne i Hercegovine (BHRT) (Producer)