Iraqi forces bomb Abadan and Khorramshahr during the Iraqi invasion of Iran. Black smoke from oil storage facility after Iraqi bombardment. The Shatt al-Arab river in the city of Khorramshahr. Empty street during Iraqi invasion, explosions can be heard. A man, holding a radio, runs out of a building. (Iran-Iraq War period.)
A factory under construction in Iran as seen from a passing vehicle. Factory estates in the Iranian desert. View of the Hajiqabul–Astara–Abadan pipeline that supplies natural gas to the Soviet Union. The Esfahan Steel Company steelworks in Isfahan, Iran. Molten metal flowing into a ladle. Flames in furnace. Molten copper bubbling. A worker pulls out and inspects a copper sheet.
Man driving in Iran. A man driving a car as seen from the back of the driver inside the car. Road signs read “To Abadan”, “To Kut Abdullah” and “to Ahwaz” in both English and Arabic. Iranian soldiers halting vehicular traffic at a check point. Trucks are parked on the left side of the road past the checkpoint. Sign reads “Traffic Post” in both English and Arabic. A soldier stops a white sedan car. Iranian man opens car door and stands up. Soldier frisks the man. Soldiers searching the trunk of the car. A truck stops in front of the white car. Soldiers let the white car leave. The soldiers search some of the civilians in the vehicles.
Crowds gather with banners outside the Baharestan (Iranian parliament building) in Iran. A Muslim mullah and some men walk together during protest. Guards stand at the Majles Melli Entrance Gate in the Baharestan district Tehran. Guards form barricade during a protest in Baharestan square. Confrontation during protest as a Iranian official is helped through crowd. A mullah leads the protest. The Sepahsalar Mosque can be seen from a distance. Protesters outside the Baharestan parliament building. Protesters march holding flags and banners in Arabic. Possibly related to The Abadan Crisis, when W. Averell Harriman arrived in Tehran to negotiate in July 1951.
Aerials of Anglo-Iranian oil refineries and planes parked at an airfield. Truck pulls trailer loaded with disassembled aircraft. Overhead crane stack supplies in storage depot. African American (US) soldiers remove side from crated airplane parts. P-40 and A-20 assembled at an airfield. Russian officers ferrying planes to Russia, arrive in C-47. Various Russian pilots, officers and U.S. officers. (World War II period).
Horse drawn rickshaw moves in front of the shops in Iran during WW2. Aerial view of what appears to be a Motor Transport Service camp in Iran. An Iranian man in traditional clothes talking. United States Army trucks drive past a monument to Reza Shah Pahlavi, the first Shahinshah of Iran. A horse carriage driver rests in front of the monument.
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