Other titles:UNITED NATIONS TELEVISION (UNTV) ZAGREB COLLECTION, YUGOSLAVIA [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: UNTV feature on the work of the first UNPROFOR Russian Battalion, currently posted in the area around Vukovar.
Description: Cedric Thornberry (voiceover) says that Russian involvement in peacekeeping has developed in a remarkable fashion over the last ten years. The turning point was the Namibia operation in which Russian officials played a key part. Slow-motion shots of RUSBAT marching, boxing and weightlifting. Thornberry says that there are now Russian peacekeepers, military observers, policemen and now, the first Russian battalion.
Shots of RUSBAT on parade, leaving the UN compound in APCs to patrol and manning an Observation Post. Interview with RUSBAT soldiers. One explains that the war first began in their Sector, in Vukovar, and the present ceasefire in the region is not solving the political problems.
Shot of elderly people lining up in the cold to receive soup from RUSBAT. Interview with Russion Medical Officer. Shots of the soup kitchen. Interview with one old man who says that they had no help before UNPROFOR arrived. Shot of the old man wheeling a wheelbarrow, which holds a large container, along the street. Interview with a RUSBAT soldier who works in the soup kitchen.
Closing slow-motion shot of RUSBAT on patrol. (Duration 4.50).
Alternative Title:UNITED NATIONS TELEVISION (UNTV) ZAGREB COLLECTION, YUGOSLAVIA [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:English (Tape Code A)
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Object_Number:UNT 130
Sound:Serbian (Tape D)
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Featured Period:1990-2000
Production Date:1993-11-25
Production Country: UN
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: English (Tape Code A)
Sound format: Serbian (Tape D)
