20/20: The Taking of Priština

Call Number
350-1-1:623/1

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:623/1
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
BetaSP NTSC #623 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000623
Date of air
1999-06-13
Date
1999
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
English
Duration
1 hour

Content

Form/Genre
Television program
Contents Summary
This programs contains a series of reports on the first day of NATO troops' deployment into Kosovo after the signing of the peace agreement.
- Ted Kopell follows NATO troops on their way from Macedonia into Kosovo. They leave Macedonia in the morning and arrive in Pristina in the evening. Along the way he interviews his Albanian translator Benij (sp), an unidentified Kosovar man, and ABC's Kosovo Albanian host in Pristina who made brief statements about NATO's arrival in Kosovo.
- Sheila MacVicar reports from Skopje, Macedonia on UN trucks conducting final preparations before leaving for Pristina. Statements are made by two unidentified UNHCR workers and UN Regional Coordinator Dennis McNamara.
- Bob Woodruff reports on his unsuccessful efforts to enter Pristina airport.
- Ted Kopell reports from the Pristian airport area on the Russian troops' refusal to let NATO troops enter the airport, and their standoff with NATO. Statements by an unidentified Russian soldier and British Captain Martin Goodwin (sp).
- Sheila MacVicar briefly reports the UN convoy heading for Pristina came to a road block by British forces due to reported trouble in Pristina.
- Ted Kopell interviews three unidentified Serb men on their feelings now that the Serb army is leaving.
- Bob Woodruff reports on British soldiers entering Pristina and the joy felt by the Albanian population; one Serb policeman shot by a British soldier. Statements by an unidentified Kosovar woman and an unidentified British soldier.
- Sheila MacVicar reports that a UN food convoy was halted due to the Russian troops' refusal to let them pass through the airport. Statement by UN Regional Coordinator Dennis McNamara.
- Ted Kopell reports on Serbian forces' retreat from Prizren and the shootout between two Serb policemen and German NATO soldiers. Statement by one wounded policeman who later died.
- Ted Kopell interviews Jim Wooten in Pristina. They discuss: the death of two German journalists, the Serbian people's attitude towards foreign media, the finding of a mass grave near Kacanik and its significance, Milosevic's indictment, demilitarization of the KLA, Russian troops' deployment into the Pristina airport.

Context

Associated Names
ABC (Copyright holder, Producer)