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some other larger towns to Belgrade. The footage also shows the masses along the track, waving
flags and crying. Tito‘s farewell is followed by a map of Yugoslavia going up in flames, implicitly
alluding to the role and importance of Tito‘s figure, and indeed the myth, in keeping the country
functioning. The ensuing images of Slobodan Milošević giving a speech to agitated mass of
‗nationally-inflamed‘ supporters or Franjo Tudjman kissing the Croatian flag work to take the
narrative of inter-national socio-political exacerbation further: the nationalist politicians are
posited as precursors to the wars that followed, as immediately after their appearance in the digital
memorial, the flames take over the screen again and the transition to demolition of the Mostar
Bridge (same footage as in mejerchold‘s video) explicitly marks the breaking of all bonds.
Figure 21 | The ubiquitous footage of the Mostar Bridge destruction
, Serbianghost‘s video.
The footage of warmongers is interspersed with the flames and a shot of a UN peace-keeping
forces‘ armed vehicle. The montage in this case correlates the war criminals and the UN forces.
As opposed to mejerchold‘s video where only television footage is used, SerbianGhost on the
other hand uses also digitally created content: maps and flames. The map is used again, with the
borders drawn between the republics; in the map of Serbia (including Montenegro) a shot of
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