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Ambassador Henry F. Grady is interviewed about the nationalization of Iran's oil industry.

United States Ambassador to Iran Henry F. Grady gives an interview for Longines Chronoscope on CBS Television. Advertisement for Swiss watchmaker Longines-Wittnauer watch company. Longines Chronoscope moderation Frank Knight introduces himself, with Frazier Hunt and William Bradford Huie the panelists for the interview. Former Ambassador to Iran Mr. Henry F. Grady is introduced to the audience. The panelists and Mr. Grady discuss about the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry. Mr. Grady talks about the control of private companies, mainly American and British, of the Iranian oil industry before the nationalization. “I don’t think Russia could get any of the oil” Ambassador Grady said when asked about the possibility of Soviet takeover of the Iranian oil industry. William Bradford Huie asks Grady about Premier Mohammad Mosaddegh, the leader behind the nationalization movement. Ambassador Grady briefly gives his opinion about a possible settlement between foreign companies and Iran until he is interrupted by Huie. Frank Knight introduces the panelists and guests again before advertising Longines watches to the audience. Longines clock gears and mechanism moving. Display of international gold medal awards won by Longines. Longines wristwatches for men and women on display.

Date: 1951, October 24
Duration: 14 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080184
W. Averell Harriman meets Shah of Iran and Prime Minister of Iran in Tehran

United States politician W. Averell Harriman and Mrs. Harriman sit with Iranian officer. Harriman and Henry Grady with escorts. Harriman ascends steps into building followed by Grady. Iranian flag on the building. Harriman and Grady greet Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran. Harriman and Vernon Walters confer with Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh, Prime Minister of Iran. Harriman and Grady walk by American flag flying from flagpole in garden.

Date: 1951, July 15
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035718
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran and Queen Consort Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari leave a hospital.

Dignitaries lined up outside a hospital building. Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh and other VIPs. Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and Queen Consort, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, come out of hospital, where Shah had undergone appendix surgery. Shah and Queen first shake hands with Minister of the Interior General Fazlollah Zahedi. Mosaddegh shakes hands with Shah. His wife with a sad look on her face carries gladiolas through the crowd. Men on motorcycle escort Rolls Royce. Army truck passes on road. Scenes of Iranian capital, Tehran. U.S. Embassy (Tehran Province, Tehran, District 6, Taleqani St, No. 1727, Iran).

Date: 1951
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040185
Premier Mosaddegh of Iran addresses UN Security Council, Flushing Meadows, New York

U.S. Council representative, Austin R. Warren, arriving by car at entrance to the UN meeting building, Flushing Meadows, New York. Gladwyn Jebb, representative of the United Kingdom, arriving. Council President for the month, J.C. Muniz, at the table. Jebb and Warren at the table. Warren picks up his headset. Delegates making notes before the start of meeting. Premier Mosaddegh of Iran settles at a seat, opens his brief case and prepares to speak. After several others speak, Mosaddegh addresses the Council. Flag of Iran displayed on flag pole outside the building. Flags of other nations displayed. View of meeting building at Flushing Meadows, with cars driving past on Cross Island Parkway.

Date: 1951, October 15
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032378
W Averell Harriman, Marie Norton Whitney Harriman, arrive in Tehran

A U.S. Air Force C-121 aircraft taxis after landing in Tehran, Iran. Another plane in the background. United States politician W. Averell Harriman descends stair from aircraft followed by Mrs. Harriman and others. United States Ambassador to Iran Henry Grady greets them. A man welcomes them with flowers. Photographers and crowd gather.

Date: 1951, July 15
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035715
People sit in trucks, cars and on bicycles during a protest march on streets of Tehran, Iran

People showing banners during a peaceful march favoring nationalization of Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, in the streets of Tehran, Iran. People sit in trucks, cars and on bicycles. Women participate in the demonstration. Banner of a man with chained hands. Marchers are dispersed by police on horseback.

Date: 1951, July 15
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035719