Activities of George B. Reynolds and his team operating an oil drilling mechanism in Masjed Soleyman, Iran. Reynolds, representing the Anglo-Persian Oil Company or APOC, (which later became British Petroleum in 1954, or BP), studies maps while smoking a pipe. An oil rig set up in the desert at the location Masjid-i-Sulaiman. Workers and mechanics working at the rig. Close views of the diary records of George B. Reynolds. Men work on oil rigs under intense sun. The oil rig working and striking oil; a cloud of smoke and fire from the ground. Close views of a binder holding letter from Lewis Mallet to the British foreign office announcing the successful oil discovery. A seemingly unrelated two-second view of 1908-era motor cars on a street follows.
Activities of a team setting up oil drilling efforts in Iran, under the direction of George B. Reynolds, working for a British syndicate led by William Know D'Arcy. A native man leads a large herd of camels loaded with material. Ancient Persian buildings and monuments in ruined states. Sculptures and portraits of kings, horses, and half flying horse half man figures on building walls.
Piles of coal used to fire the furnaces of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company Plant, alongside the Ohio River in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States.
Workers leave Jones & Laughlin Steel plant in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania United States. A number of workers walk out of the gate of plant. Some leave in cars. Security guard at the gate directs traffic and talks to some workers.
High elevated view of Jones and Laughlin Steel Company plant and houses and town along Ohio River in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States. Houses and buildings on other side of river also visible in distance.
Point of View (POV) scenes shot from a moving vehicle of a rural farming area around the town of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States. Houses, barns, and old buildings in countryside as seen from a moving car. Cars parked outside the houses on side of street. Houses at distance, near the road.
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