Other titles:UNITED NATIONS TELEVISION (UNTV) ZAGREB COLLECTION, YUGOSLAVIA [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: UNTV reports on the arrival of American soldiers to help NORDBAT in UNPROFOR's preventative peacekeeping mission in the Republic of Macedonia.
Description: Shots of Cedric Thornberry, Head of UN Civil Affairs, visiting the American soldiers newly stationed in the Republic of Macedonia. Interview with a senior Swedish officer from NORDBAT, who says that UNPROFOR soldiers are very effective along the length of the borders and he is sure that if anything were to happen, then they would be aware of it.
Interview with Lieutenant-Colonel Walter L. Holton, Commander of the task force, Company C of the 502nd Infantry Battalion. He says that this is a unique role for this American contingent as they have never previously served with a multi-national peacekeeping force. He says that peacekeeping is not as simple a task as it appears because it requires a high degree of discipline.
Interview with the Brigadier-General Finn Saermark-Thomsen, the Danish U.N. commander. He says that the Americans do not have experience of this kind of work but they have been very open-minded in taking up a training course for two to three weeks. He thinks that they will be very good peacekeepers after the training has been completed. Shots of a convoy driving through the streets.
Lieutenant-Colonel Walter L. Holton says that they have learnt a huge amount from the Nordic Battalion stationed here and are ready to carry out their preventative peacekeeping mission in the Republic of Macedonia. Shots of American soldiers and NORDBAT soldiers working together.
Cedric Thornberry says that he is impressed by the determination of the American soldiers and by their achievements in a single month. He says that they have adapted well to a peacekeeping role.
Alternative Title:UNITED NATIONS TELEVISION (UNTV) ZAGREB COLLECTION, YUGOSLAVIA [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Serbian (Tape Code D)
Digitised:
Object_Number:UNT 257
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:
Featured Period:1990-2000
Production Date:1993-06
Production Country: UN
Production Details:
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Thornberry, Cedric (person)
Keywords: Macedonia (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Serbian (Tape Code D)
Technical Details: Format: Beta-SP
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 30; Running time: 3 mins 3 secs
