Oil crisis in Abadan, Iran. The Iranian government nationalizes the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and expels the Western companies from oil refineries. Demonstrations at the company offices and raising of Iranian flags over the building takes place. Board of 'Abadan Printing Works' on building. British flag on the ship offshore. Workers turn hand wheel to shut down the oil flow t the refinery. British women and children board an airplane.
A British plane taxis after landing at Abadan airport in Middle East. An insignia on a plane reads "BOAC". A British negotiator, representing Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, steps down the plane and is greeted. He talks with an official. The dignitary goes to a building with officials.
People wait for aircraft to arrive at Abadan airport in Iran. A US Air Force C-121 (Lockheed Constellation) carrying W. Averell Harriman and Ambassador Henry Grady, taxis in after landing. Harriman and Brady accompany British negotiator through crowd to board waiting cars.
W. Averell Harriman and Ambassador Henry Grady pose with British negotiator and others for group photograph at AIOC petroleum facility in Abadan, Iran. They are escorted in tour by oil facility manager. Images include outdoor towers, pipes, oil tanks.
Plant manager conducts W. Averell Harriman and a British representative on tour of Anglo-Iranian Oil Company facility. They view entire facility from high platform. Images include oil tanks, smoke stacks and large pipes.
Crew operate Anglo-Iranian Oil Company facility at Abadan, Iran. Workers standing on gas pipes. They turn valve wheels with the help of rods. A man turns valve wheel. A man watches a meter. "Gas Oil Pump House" written in English and Persian Arabic on a building.