ROMANIA: Country sets new Guinness record by making the biggest national flag ever

Record ID: 860789

  • Title: ROMANIA: Country sets new Guinness record by making the biggest national flag ever
  • Date: 27th May 2013
  • Summary: CLINCENI, ROMANIA (MAY 27, 2013) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE TAKING OUT THE ROMANIAN FLAG FROM THE TRUCK VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SPREADING THE FLAG (SOUNDBITE) (Romanian) MANAGER OF THE FLAG FACTORY, ADRIAN DRAGOMIR, SAYING: "(It took) many hours, a lot of material, a lot of effort, a lot of sweat. But, in the end we've seen it being unfurled. We hope that after they will measure it, our expectations will be met (new record)." GUINNESS WORLD RECORD REPRESENTATIVE, JACK BROCKBANK, ARRIVING TO CHECK THE MEASUREMENT OF THE FLAG MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT/ SCREEN SHOWING 349,049 METRES BROCKBANK CHECKING THE RESULT GIRL PLAYING ON THE FLAG (SOUNDBITE) (English) GUINNESS WORLD RECORD REPRESENTATIVE, JACK BROCKBANK, SAYING: "This Romanian flag here today measures 79,290.39 square metres." ROMANIAN TRANSLATION (SOUNDBITE) (English) GUINNESS WORLD RECORD REPRESENTATIVE, JACK BROCKBANK, SAYING: "It therefore gives me great pleasure to officially recognise the new Guinness World Record's title. Congratulation!" VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CLAPPING VARIOUS OF A MAN WAVING SMALLER FLAG WHILST WALKING ON THE GIANT FLAG
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  • Story Text: The largest flag ever made was unfurled on Monday (May 27) near the Bucharest airport in Clinceni, 35 kilometres southeast of Bucharest, according to Guinness World Records.
    It took dozens of men to unload the huge roll of material from the lorry and it was no easy feat to keep the five-ton flag on the ground because of windy conditions.
    The flag measured to 349 metres by 227 metres and occupies an area three times the size of a football field, according to the Guinness World Records official Jack Brockbank who measured the flag before pronouncing it the biggest flag in the world.
    "It therefore gives me great pleasure to officially recognise the new Guinness World Record's title," Brockbank announced after measuring the flag. "Congratulation!"
    He said that Romania's flag covers an area of about 79,290 square metres, dethroning Lebanon who has held the record previously.
    The manager of the factory that made the flag, Adrian Dragomir, said that it took 200 people working up to 16 hours per day several weeks and more than 70 kilometres of thread to make the flag.
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