How it was 08.05.2000 (2000)

The program theme is the VICTORY BANNER of 1945. In April 1945, in the 3rd Shock Army of the 1st Belorussian Front, which was the first in the center of Berlin, 9 assault flags were made from simple red material by order of the commander of the 3rd Shock Army, Colonel General Kuznetsov V. I. (according to the number of divisions that were part of the army).

The flags were made according to the model of the state flag of the USSR in the Army House of the Red Army under the supervision of its chief, Major Golikov G. N. The banners were made from German material taken from one of the shops in Berlin.

The star, sickle and hammer were applied by hand and through a stencil by the artist Vasily Buntov.

The flagpoles from a sawn board for the assault flags were made by the projectionist, Senior Sergeant Gabov A. T. On the night of April 22, assault flags were presented on behalf of the Military Council of the 3rd Shock Army to representatives of the rifle divisions.

Among them was assault flag number 5, which became the Victory Banner.

The guard of honor brings the Victory Banner into the studio, the audience and participants stand up.

In the studio: Nevzorov Boris Ilyich - retired colonel, candidate of historical sciences, Ustyugov Vasily Sergeevich - participant in the capture of the Reichstag, Shuklin Viktor Grigorievich - veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Bessarab Alexander - participant in the Great Patriotic War, Minin Mikhail - participant in the Great Patriotic War.

Chronicle: fragment of the film "Sovkinozhurnal", March 1933, Reichstag building, celebration of the Weimar Constitution, burning Reichstag dome, Reichstag on fire, Hitler A. and Hitler Youth soldiers, artillery gun fires, a group of Soviet soldiers moves towards the Reichstag, soldiers on the Reichstag dome with a flag, hoisting the victory banner Kantaria M.V. and Egorov M.A.