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Nationalization of oil refinery at Abadan, Iran.
Major events of the year 1951. Nationalization of Anglo Iranian oil refinery at Abadan, Iran. Workers at the refinery. British action leads people to protest against Britain and other western democracies on streets in Iran. Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh (or Mosaddeq) takes the matter to the United Nations. Delegates of various countries at the meeting. The United Nations headquarters in New York, United states.
Scenes of Anglo-Iranian Oil Company facility at Abadan, Iran.
Crew operate Anglo-Iranian Oil Company facility at Abadan, Iran. Under the watchful eye of a supervisor, Iranian petroleum workers labor together in teams of several men each, to manipulate valves on a network of large pipes running close to the ground, at the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company facility in Abadan, Iran. To obtain better spacing and turning leverage, the workers employ shaped steel rods inserted into the valve wheels. A single worker closes a valve, inside a building. Another worker looks at a meter amongst a group of such devices, in the building. Two workes close a valve, as a supervisor watches. Several men walk across network of pipes and manipulate control valves outdoors. View of building with "Gas Oil Pump House" written on it in English and Persian.
The oil crisis in Abadan, Iran.
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.
W. Averell Harriman and Ambassador Henry Grady visit Anglo-Iranian Oil Company facility in Abadan, Iran
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.
W. Averell Harriman and U.S. Ambassador Henry Grady, tour Anglo-Iranian Oil Company facility in Abadan, Iran
U.S. Ambassador to Iran, Henry Grady, walks with a manager of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, at its main facility in Abadan, Iran. The manager is explaining aspects of the plant to Grady. Next, the manager is seen pointing out features of the facility to W.Averell Harriman, President Truman's personal representative, as Ambassador Grady stands behind them. Change of scene, shows the manager and ambassador Grady high on a platform overlooking the facility, as Harriman joins them. They stand with huge pipes behind them as the manager points out items of interest in the expanse of petroleum tanks and other things below them. View from behind the guests and accompanying escorts, looking out at set of 13 tall chimneys rising from building in the facility yards below. More clusters of chimneys are seen in far background.
Enployess at work in the AIOC petroleum facility at Abadan, Iran.
Iranian employees at work inside the Gas Oil Pump House of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) facility in Abadan, Iran. Large motors and flywheels in motion. One man closes a valve and an affected flywheel slows down and coasts to a halt. Four AIOC supervisors walk out of the pump house. Views upward of various sizes and types of piping.