General information

Call No.:

350-1-1:30/1

Part of series

HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #30 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00000030

Date of air

1993-05-01

Date

1993

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English

Notes

Bad quality

Content

Form/Genre

Television program

Contents Summary

Jeremy Bowen, a BBC correspondent, reports from the besieged city of Sarajevo on a Sunday when 20 people were killed and nearly 200 wounded as a result of heavy shelling by the Bosnian Serbs. At this time, the Serbs are on the counter-attack because of advancements by the Bosnian government forces' on Mt. Trebevic. The hospitals in Sarajevo are full, due to the many civilian and Bosnian government soldier casualties. Bowen gives some brief information on the situation in Gorazde, another UN Safe Haven under siege. This report also focuses on a beauty contest held in Sarajevo during the same weekend, amid heavy pounding by Bosnian Serb artillery on the surrounding hills.

Context

Associated Names

NBC (Producer)