Other titles:UNITED NATIONS TELEVISION (UNTV) ZAGREB COLLECTION, YUGOSLAVIA [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The humanitarian mission of the French Battalion in Bihać.
Description: Background of a FREBAT soldier and French flag. Scrolling text explains the situation: by the 26th of October, French soldiers in Bihać will be replaced by BANBAT. Over two years, 5,200 French soldiers have served in the Bihać operation, five of them losing their lives. This film is a detailed look at the humanitarian mission of FREBAT III before they leave. Shots of FREBAT III protecting UN aid convoys. Interview with a FREBAT III soldier who explains that their job is to deliver aid, ensuring that all sides receive equal amounts. He says that it is important for FREBAT III to maintain this neutrality.
Shots of men unloading boxes of food from trucks and stacking it in distribution centres. Interview with a FREBAT III soldier who explains that this is Distribution Point 100 and that each day they receive between four and twenty-eight tonnes of goods. Shot of local people working at the distribution point. They make the vital humanitarian aid available to the local people. Interview with a woman who works there. She says that FREBAT instructs them on the amount that should be allotted to different people. She says that today FREBAT brought them oil, sugar, salt, biscuits, baby-food, dried vegetables and laundry soap. Shots of Radio FREBAT broadcasting the latest news. Shots of FREBAT soldiers visiting homes, listening to people’s problems and playing football with children.
Shots of the medical clinic set up by FREBAT III. Interview with a man who has brought in his young daughter who has a swollen foot. A FREBAT doctor examines the child. Interview with a FREBAT medical officer who decided to open the clinic for local people at Ćoralići. He says that they see many illnesses linked to stress like high blood pressure, depression and stomach ulcers. Shots of women waiting at the clinic. The clinic also refers patients to hospitals. Footage of a patient in the operating theatre.
Final shot shows FREBAT III unloading further aid. This has been the primary focus of their mission here.
Alternative Title:UNITED NATIONS TELEVISION (UNTV) ZAGREB COLLECTION, YUGOSLAVIA [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:English (Tape Code A)
Digitised:
Object_Number:UNT 386
Sound:Croatian (Tape Code C)
Access Conditions:
Featured Period:1990-2000
Production Date:1994-07 1994-10-12
Production Country: UN
Production Details: Mackey, Robert (Production individual)
Stebbins, Will (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords: Bosnia-Herzegovina & Bihac (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: English (Tape Code A)
Sound format: Croatian (Tape Code C)
Soundtrack language: Serbian (Tape D)
Technical Details: Format: Beta-SP
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Running time: 7 mins 4 secs
UNT 481 (UNTV PROGRAMME NO 22 [Main Title])
UNT 386 X (BIHAC - FREBAT 3 (UNEDITED RUSHES) [Allocated Title])
UNT 494 (UN IN CROATIA AND BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA [Main Title])
