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Views of Anglo-Iranian Oil Company petroleum facility in Abadan, Iran
Views of AIOC plant in Abadan, Iran include: vertical cracking towers, piping, smoke stacks, oil barrels ready for shipment at port., scenes of harbor. Boy on bicycle rides directly towards camera and then veers off.
U.S. Ambassador, Henry Grady, arrives in Abadan, Iran, to visit facilities of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
A Canadair C-4 Argonaut operated by BOAC, taxis in rapidly, using inboard engines only, and parks on airport tarmac, at Abadan airport, Iran. The only passenger to deplane is U.S. Ambassador to Iran, Henry F. Grady (probably arriving from Tehran). He is met and greeted by a reception committee. Closeup of Ambassador Grady, making some remarks, as a member of the press stands next to him, holding a microphone. Next, he is seen conversing briefly, with another man, before walking towards the airport terminal building, followed by others.
W. Averell Harriman arrives in Abadan, Iran, for visit to Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) facility
People wait for aircraft to arrive at Abadan airport in Iran. A U.S. Air Force C-121 (Lockheed Constellation) carrying W. Averell Harriman taxis in after landing. Harriman, President Truman's personal representative, descends steps, and is greeted by a group of Iranians. Next, U.S. Ambassador Henry Brady walks with another man towards the airport terminal building. Change of scene shows Harriman and Brady, respectively, getting into separate cars for transport from the airport. Next, they are seen emerging from some brick buildings, that they apparently visited, and proceeding to their cars, parked at the curb.
Two British men leaf through papers while a man types on a typewriter at Abadan Printing Works in Abadan, Iran.
British people in Iran during tensions surrounding Iran's nationalization of the Iranian oil industry. A building with a sign that reads 'Abadan Printing Works'. An arrow points towards the entrance. A man sits at the corner of the building below the sign. People outside the entrance. They walk away. Daily News newspaper with headline, "Talks on Oil Dispute Broken Off in Tehran." A man strikes off the name of the newspaper 'Daily News'. A British man types on a typewriter. Two other British men standing near him leaf through papers. The name of the newspaper ' Daily News' is struck off and a paper is placed on the newspaper. The men go through papers as the typist types.
British newsreel detailing crude oil extraction and refinement efforts in Persia (present Iran) since the early 20th century
Newsreel titled, 'Persia and the Oil Fields." Narrator chronicles discovery of oil in Persia, benefits of oil to the local economy, and British involvement via the Great Oil Company (now British Petroleum). View of barren lands in Persia (now Abadan in Iran). Oil drillers at work in a refinery amidst the barren lands. Construction of oil refinery at Abadan. Oil revenue brings benefits to the people, as shown by new bridges, school buildings, teachers and young girl and boy students in classroom, and college students studying technical subjects. Professor instructs in front of a blackboard filled with mathematical formulas. Workers at metal shop machines applying new technical knowledge. Oil pipe lines laid across stretches of undeveloped land near Abadan, Iran. Crude oil bubbling from the ground. View of several British oil transport ships at a dock in the Persian Gulf, including "Umaria London", the "British Guardsman" and the "British Virtue." Narrator eludes to the then current difficulties in relations between Iran and Britain, due to the British oil embargo following nationalization of Iran's oil reserves by Mosaddegh.