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King Faisal II and his party members get out of a Greyhound Bus and board the Admiral's barge in the United States.
King Faisal II of Iraq and his party members in the United States. A Greyhound Bus pulls into a bus depot. A policeman in the foreground directs the bus. Buildings in the background. King Faisal II of Iraq and his party get off the bus. The King is greeted. The party members and the King walk down a ladder and board the Admiral's barge. The luggage of the members on a dock. The party members on the barge. The tourists stand at the dock.
Television discussion on WorldNet about the United States presence in Persian Gulf, United States.
Television discussion about United States- Latin American relations in United States. Frank Carlucci, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, answers the questions of the people regarding this topic. Maria C Siccardi presents the show. A question is asked from Caracas regarding the United States presence in Persian Gulf. Discussion about peace and petroleum in the place resulting in more confrontations, U.S. ships and tankers in the Gulf, increase in the U.S. Naval presence in Gulf for protection of U.S. vessels. Carlucci talks about efforts to bring about a cease fire by the U.S. in Iraq-Iran conflict (Iran Iraq War).
Hollywood star Brook Shields meets United States Coast Guard personnel in Bahrain during Gulf War
United States Coast Guard in Operation Desert Storm. A heavily sandbagged bunker is seen on sand, in front of several maritime shipping containers.A view inside, reveals an armed U.S. Coast Guard Port Securityman on duty. A rugged signpost outside points to Phoenix,AZ, 11,915 miles; Ft. Eustice, VA,11,759 miles; Playboy Mansion,11,530 miles; Los Angeles,11,519 miles; and Baghdad, 18 minutes Scud missile time. Scene shifts to American actress, Brooke Shields, in camouflage fatigue uniform, surrounded by similarly dressed U.S. Coastguard securitymen of a Port Security Unit in Bahrain. Brooke Shields wears a blue cap bearing a triangular unit insignia, or logo. She is later seen signing autographs for the Coast Guard personnel and handing out packages labelled "GI Christmas Gift Pac. Merry Christmas from the folks back home. Thank you for your sacrifices to protect our American way of life."
Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) facilities post World War II
Iraqi and British officials at an event involving visitors at a facility of the Iraq Petroleum Company, following World War 2. Officials emerge from a warehouse building. One official wears sunglasses and holds a tobacco pipe. British officials accompanied by wives, walk along a boardwalk to a gangplank, where they climb aboard a ship. Change of scene shows a. street scene at a bridge where several street vendors display their wares. City buildings across the bridge, in background. A man wearing keffiyeh walks past. Camera moves to the wellhead inside an oil drilling rig, where Iraqi "roughnecks" are working with Byron Jackson Company oil drilling equipment. They insert a new section of pipe and proceed with drilling. Views up and down of the drill rig in operation. Views of other areas at the petroleum complex. Two huge pipes lying parallel. A worker climbs stairs of oil tank no. 235. Technicians work on large pieces of piping. View of a ship docked near the facility, on the Shat Al-Arab. At this point, the scene switches completely to the Persian Gulf City of Dubai and a waterfront scene dominated by Ali Bin Abi Talib mosque. (This is number 3, of three mosques by that name in the area, and is located on the creek in the old Bur Dubai part of the city.)
Operations at Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) facility after World War II
Brief glimpse of British visitors walking toward a ship, after a postwar visit to an IPC facility in Iraq. Scene shifts to an oil derrick and drilling rig rising above oil storage tanks at a sandy site. Camera pans up the derrick. Change of scene shows gathering of British people with IPC officials at some kind of event. Next, a group of officials is seen briefly, outside a facility warehouse. Two men greet each other. A military officer stands nearby. Camera then jumps to inside the oil rig, shown earlier where Iraqi "roughnecks" wrestle pipe, insert a new section, and continue drilling. View of worker walking among oil tanks at the facility. Views of natural gas compressors; large transmission pipes; and a worker closing one, in a set of valves at the site. Broad view from the derrick, showing supplies and equipment laid out in the sand and a vista of miles, with distant structures including (possibly) worker housing and support facilities.
Animated description: Battle of Ctesiphon and movement of Turk and British forces in Iraq during World War I.
Animated description: Battle of Ctesiphon in Iraq. Animation shows the position of Turk and British forces near Kut and the movement of British forces to south. Their attacking position to north. Animation of movement of Turk forces to north. (World War 1; WWI; WW1)
