Between 9 and 13 November 1991, ITN's Paul Davies and camera operator Nigel Thomson reported from inside Dubrovnik's besieged old city, as the forces of the disintegrating Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia attempted to suppress Croatia's bid for independence by attacking the UNESCO World Heritage Site by sea and air. Remaining in the encircled city along with only a handful of other TV journalists and camera operators, Davies and Thomson recorded daily the attempts of the Serbiandominated Yugoslav People's Army to terrorise the old city's inhabitants with missiles, mortars, and bombs. When Thomson's pictures were eventually smuggled out of the city and broadcast around the world, they resulted in huge pressure from Washington and even Moscow to call off the bombardment. In the words of Paul Davies, "a single cameraman's work halted the destruction and no doubt saved many lives."

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