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Sound Items Index

Unfortunately the range and number of items here is still severely restricted. Of those items listed, many are not yet linked. Some items are excluded for reasons of copyright, confidentiality or legality.

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  1. Across The Indian Ocean – Patricia Reinsma: 'Start The Week', BBC Radio 4 – (1971) – Offline only
    Patricia Reinsma, aged 20, interviewed by Richard Gilbert for Radio 4's 'Start The Week'. This centres on the uncomfortable relationship between herself and the skipper (Tom Corkill) of their 34 ft catamaran on a remarkable voyage in 1970 from Darwin, Australia, to Durban, South Africa where she met Christopher Long the day after her arrival and to whom she was later married. This interview was arranged by the BBC's Roger Lazar who was intrigued by the story.
  2. Chelsea – LBC Radio – (1980?) – Offline only
    A brief contribution by Christopher Long, a London journalist, to a rather fatuous 'Monty Modlin At Large' radio tour of Chelsea for LBC (one of a series on London's 'villages'). This programme was somewhat redeemed by the appearance of the great broadcaster and cricket commentator Brian Johnston who was lured into appearing on the programme when it reached Sloane Square (with Christopher Long's connivance) so that he could be sprung upon to appear on the BBC's 'This Is Your Life'.
  3. A Silver Spoon Collection 1 – R. Booth & Christopher Long – (04-1982) – Offline only
    The raw material from the first of two interview sessions on collecting silver spoons for BBC Radio 4's 'Money Box' programme. The subject – and Booth's entry into journalism – was inspired by Christopher Long's collection of spoons from the period 1680-1760 at a time when both had flats in the same building and had became good friends.
  4. A Silver Spoon Collection 2 – R. Booth & Christopher Long – (04-1982) – Offline only
    The raw material from second of two interview sessions on collecting silver spoons for BBC Radio 4's 'Money Box' programme.
  5. A Silver Spoon Collection 3 – R. Booth & Christopher Long – (04-1982) – Offline only
    The raw material from second of two interview sessions on collecting silver spoons for BBC Radio 4's 'Money Box' programme.
  6. Silver Spoons – 'Money Box' BBC Radio 4 – (14-06-1982) – Offline only
    The broadcast version of Robert Booth's interviews with Christopher Long and others on collecting silver spoons for BBC Radio 4's 'Money Box' programme.
  7. A Silver Spoon Collection 2 – R. Booth & Christopher Long – (04-1982) – Sound
    The raw material from second of two interview sessions on collecting silver spoons for BBC Radio 4's 'Money Box' programme.
  8. Debutantes & The 1939 Season – Robert Booth & Helen Long: 'Tonight' BBC Radio 4 – (1982) – Offline only
    Helen Long interviewed by Robert Booth for BBC Radio 4's 'Tonight' (?) on her experiences as a debutante and presentation to King George Vl and Queen Elizabeth in London in 1939 – derived from an article by Christopher Long's for London Portrait Magazine in the same year.
  9. Safe Houses Are Dangerous – ? & Helen Long: 'Woman's Hour' BBC Radio 4 – (1982) – Offline only
    Helen Long interviewed by ? for BBC Radio 4 'Woman's Hour' (?) on the activities of escapers and evaders in France during World War ll and specifically the role of her uncle and aunt, Dr George & Fanny Rodocanachi, whose flat in Marseilles was the 'safe house' through which passed many hundreds of Allied airmen, agents and escaped prisoners of war, including Airey Neave on the run from Colditz. Dr Rodocanachi, a British citizen and British consul in Marseilles had earlier assisted in the evacuation of hundreds of Jews by issuing them with medical certificates that pronounced them unfit for work and therefore able to avoid labour camps and to leave the country. Rodocanachi's resistance work was betrayed (by a double-agent named Cole) and he died in Buchenvald concentration camp, Germany.
  10. Earl's Court Murder – BBC Radio London – (11-1984) – Offline only
    A documentary by Luke Gavin for BBC Radio London, to which Christopher Long contributed as a journalist with special local knowledge, examining the inexplicable murder of an Earl's Court flower seller.
  11. Hospital Fight – LBC Radio News – (21-04-1985) – Offline only
    A brief live news contribution by Christopher Long to LBC News after witnessing the aftermath of a brawl involving nurses and doctors at a private party at St Stephen's Hospital, Chelsea, some of whom then needed treatment in their own casualty department!
  12. Special Operations Executive (SOE/MI9) – BBC Radio 4 – (198?) – Offline only
    A heavy-weight programme on the origin and activities of SOE and MI9, the secret organisations which Sir Winston Churchill intended to "set Europe ablaze" during World War ll. Impressive contributions by SOE's chief, Gubbins, and other leaders, agents and operatives.
  13. From Byzantium To Eton – Peter Calvocoressi: BBC Radio 4 – (198?) – Offline only
    A half-hour talk for BBC Radio 4 by the historian Peter Calvocoressi – Christopher Long's distant cousin – on the family's Greek and Byzantine origins, the effects of the Massacre of Chios and the Chian diaspora (probably largely derived from his book 'From Byzantium to Eton').
  14. Air Hostesses In 1946 – ? & Helen Long: Woman's Hour BBC Radio 4 – (198?) – Offline only
    An interview by ? with Helen Long for BBC Radio 4's 'Woman's Hour' (?) on her experiences as an air hostess on the first British European Airways flights in the immediate aftermath of World War ll.
  15. Crown Prince Alexander – Globus (Zagreb) – (16-10-1991) – Offline only
    An interview by Christopher Long with Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, recorded at his office in Park Lane, London, for Globus (Zagreb) while war raged between Serbs and Croats in what was still officially 'Yugoslavia'. The prince, a Serb, was at this time bidding to assume the throne, vainly hoping to bring about the reunification of the disintegrating Yugoslav republic.
  16. The Vlasto Family – Helen Long & Christopher Long – (199?) – Offline only
    A long recorded conversation on the contents of the book 'Les Vlasto' by Kostas Kerofilas and discussion of its content, conclusions and relevance to research that Christopher Long and Helen Long were carrying out for the book 'Greek Fire – The Massacres Of Chios', published by Abson Books in 1991.
  17. The Slavija Convoy – Before Sailing – Evening Standard and Globus (Zagreb) – (29-10-1991) – Offline only
    Recorded commentary, in October 1991, by Christopher Long as the M.V. Slavija was loading and preparing to sail with a convoy of little boats from Split, into hostile waters in the Adriatic, in a bid to break the month-long blockade of Dubrovnik.
    This historic city had been entirely surrounded and cut off from the outside world by President Milosevic's 'Federal' army and navy. Dubrovnik's inhabitants were believed to be living in desperate conditions without food, electricity or fresh water. The Croats were determined to draw attention to the plight of the city by filling the vessel with politicians, celebrities and foreign journalists and deliberately to sail, with a convoy of smaller boats, through a cordon of JNA gunboats. Their Serb enemy claimed the ship contained weapons and troops rather than humanitarian aid and said they would attack and sink if it sailed for Dubrovnik. The convoy's organisers gambled with the lives of those on board (including Christopher Long!) but successfully defied this threat in what turned out to be one of the most bizarre incidents in the whole war. It is worth noting that Stipe Mesic, officially the president of the disintegrating Republic of Yugoslavia and commander-in-chief of all its forces, stood on the bridge of the 'Slavija' staring down the barrels of his own guns as his own troops threatened to sink him with his ship while he found himself negotiating with Admiral Brovet for the right to sail through his own 'sovereign' waters!
    1. The Slavija Convoy – Before Sailing – Evening Standard and Globus (Zagreb) – (30-10-1991) – Offline only
      Before the M.V. Slavija set sail from Split for Dubrovnik, Christopher Long explored below decks to see what the vessel was carrying.
    2. The Slavija Convoy – Negotiations – Evening Standard and Globus (Zagreb) – (30-10-1991) – Offline only
      Speculation and official announcements on board the M.V. Slavija as President Stipe Mesic negotiated with Admiral Brovet in Belgrade on the only ship-to-shore phone link while staring down the barrels of gunboats under orders to sink the ship should it attempt to proceed to Dubrovnik.
    3. The Slavija Convoy – Press Conference – Evening Standard and Globus (Zagreb) – (30-10-1991) – Offline only
      An official statement to assembled journalists by the organiser of the M.V. Slavija convoy, Branca Separovic, wife of the Croatian Foreign Minister and President Stipe Mesic of Yugoslavia as the decision was made to trust Admiral Brovet's assurance that although the ship would be searched for hidden munitions it would not be attacked. This still left uncertain whether shore-based artillery along the coast and around Dubrovnik would fire on the convoy as it attempted to enter Dubrovnik.
    4. The Slavija Convoy – Stipe Mesic – Evening Standard and Globus (Zagreb) – (30-10-1991) – Offline only
      An interview by Christopher Long and a Dutch radio colleague with President Stipe Mesic in his cabin as the M.V. Slavija circled overnight near the island of Mljet prior to making its bid to enter the harbour at Dubrovnik under the encircling guns of the JNA on the mountains round the city.
    5. Dubrovnik – Arrival – Evening Standard and Globus (Zagreb) – (31-10-1991) – Offline only
      A commentary by Christopher Long followed by the reactions of Dubrovnik residents on the arrival of the M.V. Slavija. This brought the first visitors and supplies after a month of being entirely cut off from the outside world and the appalling Serbian bombardment and destruction in Dubrovnik's suburbs and surrounding villages. Among those speaking here is Vesna Gamulin, a translator to whom I owe a great debt for her kindness, hospitality and helpful good humour under appalling circumstances.
    6. Dubrovnik – Arrival – Alan Little: BBC Radio News – (31-10-1991) – Offline only
      Alan Little, having 'appropriated' Christopher Long's phone (!), filing to the BBC in London with the news that the M.V. Slavija convoy had reached Dubrovnik – almost exactly the same report that I filed to the Evening Standard.
    7. Dubrovnik – Militia – Evening Standard and Globus (Zagreb) – (31-10-1991) – Offline only
      An interview by Christopher Long with volunteer militiamen at a Croat check-point gun position near the head of the port at Dubrovnik after a month of fierce bombardment by Serbian 'JNA' troops.
    8. Dubrovnik – Cathedral – Evening Standard and Globus (Zagreb) – (31-10-1991) – Offline only
      The service of thanks-giving for the safe arrival of the M.V. Slavija convoy in Dubrovnik cathedral. This recording was made with the 'help' of a little girl who attached herself to me and to Stipe Mesic and who proudly told me she hadn't had a bath for weeks (the only water in the city being that in the now nearly empty public swimming-pool. Towards the end of this tape a woman tries to hit the child for pestering me as we leave left the cathedral. My protest that the child is more important than the president shocked the woman, amused Mesic and seemed to reflect a general mood as we all came to terms with the fact that the indiscriminate shelling of the city would be as likely to kill a president as any child.
    9. Dubrovnik – Mayor – Evening Standard and Globus (Zagreb) – (31-10-31-10-1991) – Offline only
      An interview by Christopher Long with the Mayor of Dubrovnik as President Stipe Mesic prepared to make a rallying speech on the steps of the cathedral to a packed crowd of Dubrovnik's citizens.
    10. Dubrovnik – Mesic Rally – Evening Standard and Globus (Zagreb) – (31-10-31-10-1991) – Offline only
      Recording by Christopher Long as President Stipe Mesic stirs up the crowd with a rallying speech on the steps of the cathedral to a packed crowd of Dubrovnik's citizens.
  18. President Tudjman – Evening Standard, Globus (Zagreb) & 'Today' BBC Radio 4 – (07-11-1991) – Offline only
    An interview by Christopher Long with President Franjo Tudjman in his nuclear bunker below the Vila Zagorje in the northern suburbs of Zagreb on a night of artillery and air attacks on the city. For BBC Radio News, The Evening Standard and Globus (Zagreb)
  19. New Military Hospital, Zagreb – Globus (Zagreb) – (27-11-1991) – Offline only
    An interview by Christopher Long (accompanied by Cathy Jenkins of the BBC) with a brave Hungarian nurse (originally from Serbian Vojvodina) at the New Military Hospital, Zagreb, for Globus (unpublished) at a time when war casualties were at their highest. The massive hospital, with its state-of-the-art facilities, was empty – Croats fearing to enter Serbian territory and the JNA using it as a proxy military headquarters.
  20. Rebro Hospital, Zagreb – Globus (Zagreb) – (27-11-1991) – Offline only
    An interview by Christopher Long (accompanied by Cathy Jenkins of the BBC) with Ervin Severdija, a remarkable clinician at the Rebro Hospital, Zagreb, for Globus (unpublished) at a time when war casualties were at their highest.
  21. 'The Esplanade' Hotel, Zagreb 1 – (27-11-1991) – Offline only
    A melody composed by Christopher Long and improvised by the resident pianist at the Esplanade Hotel, Zagreb, Dr Boic. The original two bars were given to him by Christopher Long in October or November 1991 but eight or nine months later it had been developed in a variety of styles as a regular part of his repertoire! This recording spans that period. September to November 1991 was the darkest period of the Croatian war when Zagreb's suburbs were under regular bombardment, a curfew operated, the city was awaiting full-scale attack and the only residents of the opulent Esplanade Hotel (Gestapo headquarters in World War ll) were war reporters. The war and the immediate day-to-day dangers of reporting it seemed to provoke sentimentality and I hummed this tune to myself constantly when feeling vulnerable.
  22. Cathy Jenkins, BBC – The Esplanade Hotel, Zagreb – (27-11-1991) – Offline only
    A BBC colleague, Cathy Jenkins, at the Esplanade Hotel, Zagreb, singing a Welsh hymn to the accompaniment of the resident pianist Dr Boic. September to November 1991 was the darkest period of the Croatian war when Zagreb's suburbs were under regular bombardment, a curfew operated, the city was awaiting full-scale attack and the only residents of the opulent Esplanade Hotel (Gestapo headquarters in World War ll) were war reporters.
  23. War Statistics, Croatia – Globus (Zagreb) – (28-11-1991) – Offline only
    Professor Sokulic of Zagreb University interviewed by Christopher Long for Globus (Zagreb) on casualty figures and the likely effects of war on the civilian population of Croatia. He provided a voice of reasoned sanity in the then hysterical atmosphere of Zagreb at the height of the Serbo-Croat war in 1991.
  24. 'The Esplanade' Hotel, Zagreb 2 – (01-12-1991) – Offline only
    A melody composed by Christopher Long and improvised by the resident pianist at the Esplanade Hotel, Zagreb, Dr Boic. The original two bars were composed and given to him by Christopher Long in October or November 1991 but eight or nine months later it had been developed in a variety of styles as a regular part of his repertoire! This recording spans that period. September to November 1991 was the darkest period of the Croatian war when Zagreb's suburbs were under regular bombardment, a curfew operated, the city was awaiting full-scale attack and the only residents of the opulent Esplanade Hotel (Gestapo headquarters in World War ll) were war reporters. The war and the immediate day-to-day dangers of reporting it seemed to provoke sentimentality and I hummed this tune to myself constantly when feeling vulnerable.
  25. General Raseta, Zagreb – Globus (Zagreb) – (02-12-1991) – Offline only
    An interview by Christopher Long with General Raseta for Globus (along with the BBC's Cathy Jenkins and Dutch radio reporter Robert Dulmers). Raseta was overall commander of JNA (Serbian) troops on Croatian soil at the height of the Serbo-Croat war. The beleaguered general was holed up in the New Military Hospital, Zagreb, while he attempted to negotiate the evacuation of himself and of his troops who were surrounded and confined to their Zagreb barracks. An EU report had accused the JNA of targeting civilians and of acts that would eventually lead (by 1998) to allegations of war crimes in Eastern Slavonia, central Croatia and elsewhere. Despite persistent questioning he refused to confirm or deny these allegations while his sinister female translator used every trick to make our sound recordings unusable by speaking through our questions and the general's answers. A menacing and intimidating man with pale, baby-blue eyes.
  26. General Milivoj Petkovic, HVO Military HQ, Grude, Bosnia-Hercegovina – (11-05-1992) – Offline only
    An interview by Christopher Long with General Milivoj Petkovic, commander of Croat (HVO) troops in Hercegovina, at his military headquarters in Grude as the 1992 summer war 'season' began. This offensive was officially intended to liberate central, eastern and southern Hercegovina and the Serb-occupied city of Mostar. Unofficially it was also intended to create a new, ethnically pure, proxy-Croat mini-state of Herceg-Bosna, with Mostar as its capital, which would have no place for Muslims or Serbs. Two months after this interview the expulsions and genocide of Muslims began in Prozor. In 1996 The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (The Hague) asked Christopher Long to supply prosecutors with a copy of this taped interview as well as other tapes and records. He was also asked to make a formal evidential statement. Ten years later Milivoj Petkovic appeared before the Tribunal to face nine counts of crimes against humanity, eight counts of violations of the laws or customs of war and eight counts of grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions. In May 2013 it was announced that Petkovic had been found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
    As the only Western correspondent in the Grude area as the first waves of refugees fled Bosnia-Hercegovina in April/May 1992, Christopher Long's observations provided the earliest first-hand account of the unfolding humanitarian crisis there for: BBC Radio News, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 4, BBC World Service, The Observer, The Daily Telegraph, B-Sky TV, ITN/Channel 4 News and the Evening Standard.
  27. Zenaida, Split – Evening Standard – (13-05-1992) – Offline only
    A touching account of the pain of being a refugee by Zenaida Alekic, a fifteen year-old Muslim girl from Dornji Vakuf, a victim of a cruel war and stranded at the sports stadium in Split, interviewed by Christopher Long. This is the full, unedited version. Fifteen years after this interview Zenaida made contact with her interviewer. She had survived the war and was living with her daughter in the USA.
  28. Drug Courier, London – The Observer – (18-06-1992) – Offline only
    An interview by Christopher Long on a 'no names' basis with 'Esther', a 21 year-old woman who confessed to having carried illegal drug consignments from Marseilles to London, from Morocco to Spain and from southern Spain to London. Here she describes in very personal terms what motivated her, what was involved in the 'runs' and the high price she has paid for it all. Published in The Observer 21-07-92.
  29. 'The Esplanade' Hotel, Zagreb 3 – (20-07-1992) – Offline only
    A third version of the melody composed by Christopher Long and improvised by the resident pianist at the Esplanade Hotel, Zagreb, Dr Boic. The original two bars were composed and given to him by Christopher Long in October or November 1991 but eight or nine months later it had been developed in a variety of styles as a regular part of his repertoire!
  30. British Aid Arrives, Zagreb Airport – BBC Radio – (25-07-1992) – Offline only
    The BBC having asked for bites of sound actuality: this is a short clip of the arrival at the much-damaged Zagreb Airport of a vast Russian air-freighter, chartered by the British government, supervised by Captain Andrew Venus and UNHCR's Mike Aitcheson. Carrying relief supplies for Bosnia it was to be greeted by British ambassador Bryan Sparrow who invited Christopher Long to join him.
  31. French Aid Workers, Kiseljak – BBC Radio – (25-07-1992) – Offline only
    The BBC having asked for bites of sound actuality: this is a short clip of French aid workers in the town theatre at Kiseljak bulk-breaking aid consignments into family-size packs packs for delivery to villages in northern Bosnia. [This was at the precise point in the war when Croats turned on their former Muslim allies and neighbours in Hercegovina, with atrocities and expulsions going on secretly. It was therefore still unclear to us at this point why such relief efforts were being obstructed by both Serb and Croat forces in the region.] See related account of relief efforts & Kiseljac.
  32. Night Guns, Ilidza & Sarajevo – BBC Radio 1 – (07-1992), Capital Radio News (07-1992) Available
    A minute or so of the sound of sporadic mortar and small-arms fire on a fairly typical night in the Ilidza suburb area of Sarajevo at the height of the day-and-night shelling of the city while close-quarter fighting was going on separately in the suburbs. Recorded by Christopher Long on 27-07-1992 outside the BBC 'bunker' in the car-park of the UN headquarters at the PTT building. The recording was commissioned by a BBC editor who removed a few seconds of extraneous sounds (rustling clothes, thumping of boots, etc).
  33. Sporadic Gunfire, Ilidza & Sarajevo – BBC Radio – (27-07-1992) – Offline only
    A longer recording of sporadic mortar and small-arms fire on a fairly typical night in the Ilidza suburb area of Sarajevo at the height of the day-and-night shelling of the city while close-quarter fighting was going on separately in the suburbs. Recorded by Christopher Long on 27-07-1992 outside the BBC 'bunker' in the car-park of the UN headquarters at the PTT building. The recording was commissioned by a BBC editor who removed a few seconds of extraneous sounds (rustling clothes, thumping of boots, etc).
  34. Peace Centre, Sarajevo – BBC World Service, Radio London, LBC, Capital Radio – (27-07-1992) – Offline only
    An interview by Christopher Long with Ibrahim Spahic of the International Peace Centre, Sarajevo, who with Goran Djapic and others was trying to sustain the multi-cultural spirit of tolerance which had been particularly well developed in Sarajevo prior to the 1991-95 war.
  35. Presidency Aid Workers, Sarajevo – BBC Radio – (27-07-1992) – Offline only
    The BBC having asked for bites of sound actuality: this is a short clip of background Bosnian chatter among local humanitarian workers in the Presidency building, Sarajevo.
  36. 'Sarajevo's Crying', Sarajevo – International Peace Centre – (27-07-1992) – Offline only
    A song promoted by the International Peace Centre in besieged Sarajevo in July 1992. The IPC asked Christopher Long to get a recording out of the city and broadcast and played wherever possible in order to draw the world's attention to the darkest hours in the city's plight. Consequently it was indeed broadcast by the BBC World Service and other London broadcasters in the following weeks.
  37. Bosnia Sitrep – Radio Croatia & Radio Croatia – (31-07-1992) – Available
    Christopher Long interviewed buy Goga of Radio Croatia's international service immediately after his return from Bosnia's besieged capital, Sarajevo, describing life in the crippled city and the surrounding areas. This is the full, unedited interview.
  38. Children Killed In Sarajevo – LBC Radio – (04-08-1992) – Offline only
    A brief sound 'cut' from a longer interview with Christopher Long which was used in a news report of the killing of children near the cemetery in Sarajevo.
  39. Life & Death In Sarajevo – BBC Radio 1 – (08-1992) – Offline only
    A brief sound 'cut' from a longer interview with Christopher Long which was used in a news feature on daily life in the besieged city of Sarajevo, along with the 'Sarajevo's Crying' song.
  40. Sarajevo Snipers – Capital Radio – (06-08-1992) – Offline only
    A brief sound 'cut' from a longer interview with Christopher Long which was used in a news feature on daily life in the besieged city of Sarajevo, along with the 'Sarajevo's Crying' song.
  41. Positively Sarajevo – 'News Hour' BBC World Service – (06-08-1992) – Offline only
    Christopher Long, on his return from the besieged city of Sarajevo, interviewed by Hugh Prycer-Jones on BBC World Service's 'News Hour', describing some of the more positive ways in which Sarajevo citizens were coping with disaster. This interview included along the 'Sarajevo's Crying' song.
  42. Fatima Kafedzic, Smethwick – 'Woman's Hour' BBC Radio 4 – (09-1992) – Offline only
    An interview by Christopher Long with Fatima Kafedzic, at Smethwick, UK, on her visit to Britain to raise funds and aid for her homeland during the height of the Bosnian war. Intended for broadcast by BBC Radio 4's 'Woman's Hour', this item had be withdrawn when the translator subsequently (and rather ludicrously!) claimed that her own family in Bosnia might suffer reprisals if her voice was used by the BBC.
  43. Bosnia Sitrep – Radio Croatia (Zagreb) – (04-12-1992) – Available
    Christopher Long interviewed by Goga of Croatian Radio's international service on his return from a tour of the full length of the Bosnian front lines from south-west Hercegovina to northern Bosnia. This is the full, unedited interview.
  44. Portable Studio – 'Wave Guide' BBC World Service – (25-05-1993) – Offline only
    An interview by Heather Temple of BBC World Service radio on the innovatory 'portable studio' mixer-amplifier, designed by Christopher Long and constructed by Veljko Gavric, intended for use by radio reporters. Broadcast 30-06-93.
  45. Christopher Long's Demo Tape – Christopher Long – (10-06-1993) – Available
    A compilation demo tape featuring a number of filed news reports and broadcast interviews.
  46. The Bridge – Anka & Fatima – HD Thames: NHK Japan – (10-10-1994) – Offline only
    Anka Lazetic and Fatima Memic, a Croat and a Muslim respectively, who became friends during the war when Anka was able to relay Fatima's messages to her husband while he was imprisoned and tortured in Mostar's Heliodrome by both Serb and, later, Croat insurgents.
    A sound recording made during the shooting of 'The Bridge' in Mostar, BiH in autumn 1994. This was a 30-minute TV documentary produced in high-definition, wide-screen format, by HD Thames (Associate Producer: Christopher Long) for NHK, Japan. The film concerned the experiences of Mostar's East Bank population during the successive attacks, invasions and destruction of Serb and Croat occupation forces from 1992-94 and specifically used the deliberate destruction of the 16th Century bridge – 'The Stari Most' – as a metaphor for the tragic dismemberment of the city on religious, ethnic and cultural lines. Christopher Long had spent a month cultivating contacts and preparing a story which was not happily fulfilled in the finished documentary which was shot in less than a week by a team unaccustomed to filming in a war zone, under bombardment and with severely traumatised interviewees.
    1. The Bridge – Boy Singing – HD Thames: NHK Japan – (10-10-1994) – Offline only
      Two traditional Mostar songs sung by an 11 year-old boy who was hanging around the film unit and appeared in the closing scene of the finished documentary, sitting on cliff above the River Neretva with the comprehensively ruined East Bank behind him.
    2. The Bridge – Fatima Memic 1 – HD Thames: NHK Japan – (10-10-1994) – Offline only
      Fatima Memic interviewed by Christopher Long in Mostar, describing how her husband was captured twice and imprisoned and tortured, first by Serbs and then by Croats. She describes how she managed to cross the Neretva river at night on make-shift rope bridges in order to leave messages for Serb 'friends' she had never met before and who were able to communicate with her husband, then held in the Mostar heliodrome.
    3. The Bridge – Fatima Memic 2 – HD Thames: NHK Japan – (10-10-1994) – Offline only
      The second part of Fatima Memic's interview with Christopher Long in Mostar, describing how her husband was captured twice and imprisoned and tortured, first by Serbs and then by Croats. She describes how she managed to cross the Neretva river at night on make-shift rope bridges in order to leave messages for Serb 'friends' she had never met before and who were able to communicate with her husband, then held in the Mostar heliodrome.
    4. The Bridge – Lazo Lazetic – HD Thames: NHK Japan – (10-10-1994) – Offline only
      An interview by Christopher Long with Lazo Lazetic, a Serb, married to a Croat woman, who found himself vulnerable and exposed when the Serbs were driven out of the city by the Croats and he was left in the hostile Croat-controlled West Bank in Mostar with no papers and no means of escape. Nevertheless it was he who was able to carry messages to his old Muslim friend from before the war, Ismet Memic, who was being held and tortured in the Croat concentration camp in Mostar's heliodrome.
    5. The Bridge – Anka & Fatima – HD Thames: NHK Japan – (10-10-1994) – Offline only
      An interview by Christopher Long with Anka Lazetic and Fatima Memic who had not been able to meet since the partition of the city and who relived the days when they, a Croat and a Muslim, collaborated to pass messages to Fatima's imprisoned husband.
    6. The Bridge – Asim Segatalo – HD Thames: NHK Japan – (10-10-1994) – Offline only
      An interview by Christopher Long with Asim Segatalo whose house provided the only safe route on Mostar's east bank around the notorious 'sniper's corner'. He and his hairdresser wife supervised the carrying of hundreds of casualties from their front entrance, through the house and out of the back door which led to the primitive 'clinic' which served as the shattered community's only hospital. Here Asim was also a medical assistant in the basement of the shell-blasted building which had no electricity, no running water, no anaesthetics, very few drugs and only the most basic medical implements. Thousands of military and civilian casualties passed through this appallingly squalid 'hospital' and many hundreds died there.
    7. The Bridge – Dejzavira Segatalo – HD Thames: NHK Japan – (10-10-1994) – Offline only
      An interview by Christopher Long with Dejzavira, the hairdresser wife of Asim Segatalo whose house provided the only safe route on Mostar's east bank around the notorious 'sniper's corner'. Together they supervised the carrying of hundreds of casualties from their front entrance, through the house and out of the back door which led to the primitive 'clinic' which served as the shattered community's only hospital. She describes her reactions to the two worst years of the destruction of East Mostar (1992-93) and breaks down when describing how her youngest child was killed by a sniper as a group of children were being evacuated to 'safety' from the city.
    8. The Bridge – East Bank Doctor – HD Thames: NHK Japan – (10-10-1994) – Offline only
      An interview by Paul Kafno (arranged by Christopher Long) with a doctor who served on Mostar's east bank throughout most of the war and who details the appalling conditions in which he and colleagues worked in the basement of the shell-blasted former Tropical Diseases Clinic. Here they had no electricity, no running water, no anaesthetics, no drugs and only the most basic medical implements. Thousands of military and civilian casualties passed through this appallingly squalid 'hospital' and many hundreds died there.
    9. The Bridge – Call To Prayer – HD Thames: NHK Japan – (10-10-1994) – Offline only
      The sound of the 'call to prayer' from one of the many destroyed mosques on Mostar's east bank.
    10. The Bridge – Three Children – HD Thames: NHK Japan – (10-10-1994) – Offline only
      An interview by Paul Kafno (arranged by Christopher Long) with four youngsters who lived through the war in Mostar: Leila and Sasa Oglic, Asim Segatalo's daughter and Zehra Biscevic's grandson Adnan.
    11. Sevko, Boy Soldier – Later – HD Thames: NHK Japan – (10-10-1994) – Offline only
      A first interview with Sevko, the Muslim boy who in 1992 found himself as a soldier in the front lines at the age of sixteen.
  47. Sevko, Boy Soldier – Later – Christopher Long & Sevko, Mostar – (31-05-1995) – Offline only
    A second interview with Sevko, the Muslim boy who in 1992 found himself as a soldier in the front lines at the age of sixteen. Having interviewed him six months earlier for a TV documentary 'The Bridge', here Christopher Long interviews him as he plays a key role, at the age of 19, in establishing and running sports projects aimed at rehabilitating the shattered lives of younger children in Mostar. He also reflects on his memories of the war in Hercegovina (1992-94) and the destruction of the Old Bridge – Stari Most – which he witnessed.
  48. Rob Green & A Nuclear Ban – Christopher Long & Commander Robert Green – (28-03-1996) – Offline only
    An interview by Christopher Long for New Zealand radio (broadcast 05-96) with Rob Green, a former Royal Navy commander and once a crew member of a nuclear strike force. Here he outlines the purpose of his campaign with others to achieve a World Court declaration to outlaw the use (and the threat of use) of all nuclear weapons. He describes how and why he was converted from a nuclear proponent to anti-nuclear activist; his reaction to the suspicious murder of his aunt, the anti-nuclear activist Hilda Murrell; and the persecution and threats he continues to receive from unnamed British government bodies which have led him to emigrate to New Zealand.
  49. Kosovo Ignites – Radio KPFK, Christopher Long & Others – (13-03-1994) – Offline only
    A group discussion of the unfolding war in Kosova hosted by Suzie Weissman, produced by Nalini Lasciewicz and with contributions from: Bogdan Denitch (New York), a professor at CUNY/New York; Marko Maglich, a Serbian American human rights activist; Borka Pavicevic (Belgrade) of the Center for Cultural Decontamination; and Christopher Long (London) a British journalist who has covered the region throughout the Balkan wars.
  50. Saving A Bailey Bridge – Vire FM, Interview with Christopher Long – (07-07-2008) – Offline only
    First interview regarding efforts by Les Amis du Pont Bailey to save the Pont-Farcy/Fournaux Bailey Bridge for posterity.
  51. Saving A Bailey Bridge – Vire FM, Interview with Christopher Long – (09-08-2008) – Offline only
    Second interview regarding efforts by Les Amis du Pont Bailey to save the Pont-Farcy/Fournaux Bailey Bridge for posterity.
  52. Saving A Bailey Bridge – Vire FM, Interview with Christopher Long – (07-10-2008) – Offline only
    Third interview regarding efforts by Les Amis du Pont Bailey to save the Pont-Farcy/Fournaux Bailey Bridge for posterity.
  53. Pont-Farcy — Live phone interview with a resident: Christopher Long interviewed by Radio France Bleu Normandie – (30-04-2012) – Available
  54. Mont2Mount – Interview with Christopher Long by radio TendanceOuest – (09-05-2012) – Available
    Recorded studio interview concerning the impending bid by Mike Noel-Smith and his two sons to row across the English Channel.
  55. Yugoslavia In London – Crown Prince Alexander's Birth: Live interview with Christopher Long by Talback Radio (Dublin) – (27-07-2016) – Available
    Live phone interview for the Moncrieff Show about Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia whose birth at Claridge's Hotel in London in 1945 allegedly took place under special licence on Yugoslav national territory.

Random Personal Items Offline

  1. Christmas Carol (1980c) – Offline only
  2. Taped Letter – (12-07-1987) – Offline only
  3. Answerphone – (1992) – Offline only
  4. Answerphone – (1993) – Offline only
  5. Answerphone – (1993 ends 08-09-1993) – Offline only
  6. Land-Rover Tape – (1993) – Offline only
  7. Piano – (01-03-1999) – Offline only
  8. Lancaster Bomber – (16-10-2000) – Offline only
  9. B25 Mitchell Bomber – (23-10-2000) – Offline only
  10. Norman French Sample – (30-08-2001) – Offline only

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