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HU OSA 308-0-2
Fonds 308: Monitoring of the Yugoslav Television
Series 2: Off-air Recordings of Television News and other Political Programs

Date(s) 1996-1999 (1 August 1996 - 31 December 1999)

Extent and medium 445 VHS, 11 linear meters

Scope and content

Daily news broadcasts which document everyday political events as portrayed by the governmnet-controlled Serbian media. The programs are approximately 30 minutes in length and include reports of the headlines, world politics, internal politics, economics, culture, sport, weather report and commercials. Special political programs and reports of Television BK and Television Politika are also included.

Some of the highlights of this acquisition include Slobodan Milosevic's speeches throughout the years, the students protests of 1996-97, the rise of the Kosovo crisis, and the programs aired during the 78-day of NATO bombings in spring 1999, including President Milosevic's announcement of the beginning of the war; and his declaration of "victory".

Accruals Not expected

System of arrangement

Conditions governing reproduction

All copyrights are held by producers.

Language/scripts of material Serbian

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Date(s) of descriptions

Prepared by Suzanne Adamko 1998, Revised by Andrea Jakobs 1999 and Zsuzsanna Zadori September 2002.
Online version updated 18 December 2008
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