Wedding of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary at Golestan Palace in Tehran, Iran. The Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and his bride, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, arrive at their wedding reception in Tehran. Guests in formal attire. The couple sits along with their guests for the wedding reception.
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.
U.S. Envoy Averell Harriman in Tehran, Iran to settle the Anglo Iranian oil conflict. Harriman disembarks from a U.S. aircraft and is greeted by U.S. Ambassador to Iran Henry F. Grady. He climbs up the steps of the Niavaran Palace (Tehran Province Tehran District 1 Niavaran St, Niavaran Square, Iran). Harriman meets with the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi at the Niavaran Palace. Harriman with Iranian government officials. Protest by the communists in the Parliament Square (Tehran Province, Tehran, District 12, Baharestan Square, MCRJ+7HF, Iran). People holding placards demonstrate. Police on horseback try to control the crowd. Harriman in conference with Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq (or Mossadegh).
A mass gathering in Iran during time of nationalization of oil industry in Iran. A large crowd gathered in front of a building. People on the roof of the building. A man addresses the gathering. People applaud. The flag of Iran flutters in breeze.
British people board ferries in Iran during nationalization of oil industry in Iran by Iranian government. People walk on a pier. They walk down a ladder to board a ferry to depart Iran. Some people seated in the ferry. Other people board the ferry. A ferry loaded with people sails away. People on the pier. A ferry in far distance. Two men sit near the railing on the deck of a ferry. A flag flutters in the breeze. The ferry sails towards a ship. People climb a ladder.
An oil pumping station in Iran during timeframe of nationalization of Iranian oil industry by government of Iran. Men at work in the oil pumping station. Two workmen rotate the valve of a pipe line. Machinery and equipment in the background. A man instructs as another man rotates a valve. A man rotates a wheel.