Imperial Iranian Army Brigadier General Mohammad Ali Khazaee meets Major General Robert A. McClure, Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG), Iran. Major General McClure speaks with the Iranian senior military officer. Flags of the United States and Iran hangs behind General McClure. Brigadier General Khazaee listens to General McClure. The Iranian general puts on his glasses and reads document. Major General McClure points to a wall map of Iran, the Persian Gulf and the Middle East.
Street scenes in pre revolution Tehran, Iran. A policeman directs traffic in front of the Bagh-e Melli Gate (Tehran, District 12, Imam Khomeini St, Iran) at the National Garden of Tehran. The policeman stands beside a traffic light. Cars, buses, horse carts, and bicycles are seen in traffic. Iranian worker man uses a primitive rope reel to pull a bucket out of a hole in downtown Tehran. Minarets of the Sepahsalar Mosque (Tehran Province, Tehran, Allameh Sharif-e-Razi, Iran).
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.
Oil crisis in Abadan, Iran. The Iranian government nationalizes the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and expels the Western companies from oil refineries. Demonstrations at the company offices and raising of Iranian flags over the building takes place. Board of 'Abadan Printing Works' on building. British flag on the ship offshore. Workers turn hand wheel to shut down the oil flow t the refinery. British women and children board an airplane.
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.
People wait for aircraft to arrive at Abadan airport in Iran. A U.S. Air Force C-121 (Lockheed Constellation) carrying W. Averell Harriman taxis in after landing. Harriman, President Truman's personal representative, descends steps, and is greeted by a group of Iranians. Next, U.S. Ambassador Henry Brady walks with another man towards the airport terminal building. Change of scene shows Harriman and Brady, respectively, getting into separate cars for transport from the airport. Next, they are seen emerging from some brick buildings, that they apparently visited, and proceeding to their cars, parked at the curb.