SHOTLIST:

BANGLADESH (DEC. 16, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL)

1. LARGE FLAG WAVING

2. AIRPLANES FLYING AND RELEASING COLORFUL SMOKE

3. WIDE SHOT OF BUILDINGS

4. VARIOUS OF SKYDIVING PERFORMANCES

5. WIDE SHOTS OF BUILDINGS / AIRPLANE FLYING (TWO SHOTS) BANGLADESH - DEC. 16, 2025: Bangladesh marked its 54th Victory Day on Tuesday, Dec. 16, with nationwide celebrations, highlighted by a record-breaking paratrooper display that drew large crowds.

To mark the historic anniversary, the Bangladesh Army, Air Force, Navy and BIDA jointly staged a distinctive aerial event.

As part of the programme, 54 paratroopers carried out a coordinated skydiving display while bearing the Bangladeshi national flag, in a bid to set a Guinness World Record for the largest parachuting formation featuring a national flag.

In 1971, Bangladesh got victory from then West Pakistan and emerged as an independent nation after a nine-month war.

Bangladesh was the eastern wing of Pakistan which gained independence from British-ruled India in 1947. On Dec. 16, 1971, a total of 93,000 Pakistani troops surrendered to Bangladesh and India allied forces, history’s biggest surrender.