Some 200 residents of the Romanian village of Clinceni, 35 kilometers (22 miles) southeast of Bucharest, unfurl what Guiness World Records says is the largest flag ever made. It took hundreds of hours and 70 kilometers of thread to produce the red, yellow and blue tricolor Romanian flag. Weighing five tons, it measures about 349 meters (1,145 feet) by 227 meters (745 feet). Windy weather conditions proved an obstacle to those trying to unroll the flag as live national television cameras looked on. They ultimately managed with the help of sandbags.