The film-maker, who was identified as Milain Bellanica, said he had returned to his town after hiding for seven days when the Serbs had passed through. He made the film and then smuggled it to Macedonia. He said the bodies he found were those of men who had been executed with a single bullet to the back of the head. They were killed after being separated from women, children and the aged. Some were shot as they tried to escape.

Bellanica gave the BBC a list of 26names, which he said were those among the victims who were personally known to him.

He insisted they were mainly farmers and not involved with the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).

Bellanica told the BBC, ``They were killed one by one. A group of Serbs were on the top of the hill. Others came from behind. Our men were captured and the Serbs killed them one after the other.''

He added, ``I have done this (made the film) so that my son, my grandson, the next generation will never forget what the Serbs have done to the Albanian people.''

The footage brought a strong response from Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, who said it justified NATO's bombing raids on Serb targets.

``This is an appalling event. It underlines the murderous brutality with which the ethnic cleansing is being waged within Kosovo,'' said Cook.``These people were not killed in fighting. They were killed in cold blood and they were killed for one reason only they were the wrong ethnic identity. It is exactly that type of atrocity thatunderlines the need for the military action and strengthens our resolve to see it through until Kosovo is free of such atrocity and repression,''he added. A spokesman for Prime Minister Blair said the footage confirmed the consistent verbal reports of the refugees who have poured out of Kosovo in the past 10 days since the bombings began.