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Ready, steady, pull! Thousands of participants grabbed one end of the rope in the annual Naha Tug-on-war festival in Naha city, Japan over the weekend and pulled with all their might and muster in an event that was officially declared the largest tug-of-war ever fought. 17 team members had spent some 40 days in order to prepare the 656 foot rope, which was also recognised by Guinness Book of World Records as the largest straw rope ever made.
Paris (France), Oct 15 (EFE / EPA) .-French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute Friday to the flag drapped coffin of Hubert Germain, a WWII veteran and the last 'Companion of the Liberation', at the National Invalides Hotel in Paris.Hubert Germain was the last survivor of the 1,038 Companions of the Liberation after WWII, he died at the age of 101 on October 12, 2021. (Camera: CHRISTOPHE PETIT-TESSON)SHOT LIST: TRIBUTE TO HUBERT GERMAIN AT THE HOTEL NATIONAL INVALIDES IN PARIS, FRANCE.
Prague (Czech Republic.), Feb 23 (EFE) - (Camera: Martin Divisek) Czech Davil Vencl broke the world record in free diving on Tuesday in Lake Vápenka, in the north of the Czech Republic, where he covered 80.9 meters and surpassed the 76.5-meter mark of Denmark's Stig Severinsen.FOOTAGE OF THE MOMENT WHEN THE RECORD WAS BROKEN AND STATEMENTS BY THE DIVER, DAVIL VENCL.TRANSLATION:"It was faster than I expected, I felt great. At the end, I had trained.""The record is just the cherry on top. To tell the truth, I thought that when I emerged and set the record, I would get peace in the world or a change in the course of humanity , but it probably won't be like that."
Moscow, Oct 14 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Sergei Ilnitsky).- The head of the Russian Power Extreme Federation Sergei Agadzhanyan broke the world record after pulling a 41-ton truck by moving it 12.5 meters in 64 seconds.FOOTAGE OF SERGEI AGADZHANYAN BREAKING THE WORLD RECORD.
London (UK), 8 May, EFE/EPA, (Camera: Vickie Flores).- The United Kingdom on Friday celebrates Victory Day in Europe, marking the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany in World War II on 8 May 1945. FOOTAGE OF ROYAL NAVY VETERAN CHARLES MEDHURST (OUTSIDE HIS HOME IN GREENWICH, LONDON.)
Jessica Chastain has said 'It Chapter Two' will hold the record for the bloodiest film in horror history, as she spends a scene 'immersed' in 4,500 gallons of fake blood.