Iranian Premier states Iran's case in the Anglo Iranian oil crisis at the United Nations Security Council in New York. Mosaddeq at the meeting. Mosaddeq blames Great Britain for the crisis and tellS the UN not to intervene in its internal matters. Delegates with headphones listen to his address. British representative to the UN Security Council Gladwyn Jebb and Warren Robinson Austin, the representative from the U.S. also present.
Slate notes Muhammad's respect for ideas of Christians and Jews. Jews are seen reading from the Torah and in prayer. A Jewish Rabbi leads a prayer. View of Dome of the Rock at Temple Mount, Jerusalem. Other Muslim mosques: the Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque, M64V+P7J, Lal Qila, Old Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi 110006, India), seen from the Diwan-e-Khas or Red Fort of Delhi, India. in the Lahore Fort or Shahi Qila (H8Q7+56P, Fort Rd, Walled City of Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan), Punjab, British India. View of the courtyard of the Grand Mosque of Kairouan (M4J3+GMR, Rue de La Kasbah, Kairouan, Tunisia) in Tunis, Tunisia. Slate states that Islamic decoration is confined to Arabic script and geometric or floral designs. Architecture of a mosque shows columns, pillars, and arches at the side of a courtyard. As previously noted, the columns and the roof of the mosque are decorated only with Arabic script, floral and geometric designs. A decorative grill in a mosque.
Shia Muslims in India. A religious ceremony in the form of a mourning procession to mark the anniversary of the death of Ali, Mohammed's son in law. People in the streets during the procession. Animals decorated with finery. Men and boys strike their chests with their fists in flagellation as mourning ritual. In separate sequence, The Taj Mahal (Dharmapuri, Forest Colony, Tajganj, Agra, Uttar Pradesh 282001, India) in Agra, and the Shalimar Gardens (AH1, G. T. Road, Shalamar Town, Lahore, Punjab 54000, Pakistan) in Lahore, Punjab, British India, are shown.
The Japanese Army in Burma during the Burma Campaign of World War II. Several Japanese officers hold a battle conference in a field. One of the officers looks at a map while another one looks through binoculars. Aerial view of a river. Hills in the far distance. Animated map of Burma and the Bay of Bengal. A British flag and a steel helmet on the ground.
A film on the campaign of Allied forces in Sicily, Italy during World War II. Animated map shows several places and invasion by the British and American forces. Aerial view of a town. Smoke rises from bombardment and firing. Soldiers fire guns on a battlefield. Rubbed buildings in an area. Soldiers aboard jeeps moving along a town. Animated map shows the invaded areas. Aerial view of cars moving along a street. Smoke rises from an explosion. Soldiers stand near a gun. Burning and wrecked equipment. An observation airplane in flight overhead. Soldiers fire anti aircraft guns and other guns. Smoke rises from the firing. A sea shore. Soldiers advance along an area. Wrecked and abandoned enemy vehicles and equipment. Soldiers aboard a landing craft underway. Other soldiers advance along a city. Some of the soldiers seated in a jeep moving along an area. Aerial view of buildings and houses. Allied Military Government agents distribute rations and supervise medical care. Officers seated at a desk discuss. Civilians walk along a street and gather in an area. Soldiers and medics work. Doctors examine civilians. Banks reopen and a new financial system is established. Men read newspapers. Troops stand at attention in formation. U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt reviews troops.
A film on the development of air power in the United States. Scenes depicting travel by ocean going ships, preceding air travel. Animation of a small ship moving away from the east coast of the U.S. Actual footage of a large sailing vessel of the early clipper ship variety sailing in the ocean. Animation of a small ship sailing to the Great Britain. Real footage of a four-stack ocean liner, which appears to be the RMS Aquitania, sailing in the Atlantic Ocean. Animated map of the Atlantic Ocean and the coasts of the U.S. and England. An R-34 dirigible airship in flight. The R-34 moored to the ground with a large craft around the gondola. A British Bristol fighter aircraft in flight. Animation of the maps of the U.S. and the Great Britain coming closer together, figuratively, through the speed of air travel.
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