World’s Largest Tanker Launched In Japan (1965)

Yokohama, Japan. Various shots showing the giant propeller of s tanker prior to launching in the dry dock. MS. Sign on tanker ’Tokyo Maru’ - the largest tanker in the world. Various shots of the traditional launching ceremony but there is no slipway, the dry dock just starts to fill up. Aerial pan along the Tokyo Maru in the dock. (F.G.) Date found in the old record - 04/10/1965. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.