Natives in Iran spread oil on water in ditches as part of malaria control efforts. United States Army engineers survey the area in Iran. U.S. engineers take water samples. Water testing laboratory seen. Water tested in Army laboratory. (World War II period).
Polish refugees in Iran during World War II. The refugees walking in an area. People with their personal belongings loaded on carts walk on a street in Poland in 1939. They line up for food. A map locates the route traveled by the refugees. They reach Iran. They receive Red Cross aid. People receive clothes and shoes. They establish a village. People eat food. Children study in schools. Men and women work. They join and serve the U.S. Army.
Iraqi forces bomb Abadan and Khorramshahr during the Iraqi invasion of Iran. Black smoke from oil storage facility after Iraqi bombardment. The Shatt al-Arab river in the city of Khorramshahr. Empty street during Iraqi invasion, explosions can be heard. A man, holding a radio, runs out of a building. (Iran-Iraq War period.)
Injured children confined in hospital wards during Iraq invasion of Iran in Iran-Iraq War. A young boy with scarred face lies on a hospital cot. A boy, with bandaged head, breathing through a nasal catheter. A young patient, face obscured by bandages, with an IV tubing. Doctors and nurse attend to patient injuries in hospital ward.
Railroad infrastructure development as part of United States aid in Iran. Men laying railroad tracks on a bridge. Donkey grazes and two men watch the construction in the foreground. A railroad track laying machine and workers hold a track. Man stands on top of track as a team of workers carry the track. Machine threshing rocks on track. Laborers use pickaxes and rakes to break up rocks. Teams of workers lay track on railroad. Laborers connect two railroad tracks. American engineer and Iranian official tighten bolts connecting last track section. Men moving a track. Workers crowd to watch two men fasten bolts. Workers cheering and clapping after the two men finished connecting the last track section. American engineer and Iranian official shake hands. Men watch a cargo train use the new tracks. A train rushes past camera in Iran.
View of downtown Tehran, Iran. Modernist skyscrapers, streets of Tehran are shown. An Iranian policeman directs car traffic. A man runs in the middle of a heavy traffic. Pedestrians cross the road. Iranian women wearing Western fashion such as jeans, miniskirts, and short dresses. An Iranian family walking together. Two women wearing short skirts talk to each other as they walk in the street. A driver gets distracted by women wearing short skirts on the street. He bumps his car into another vehicle in front of him. Two young Iranian boys weave a Persian rug with an artisan. Yarns hang over the loom. A boy weaves the rug by hand. An artisan creates a Persian miniature. Metalworkers create hand tooled metal plates in Iran. A young boy trains alongside two adult metal artisans. Artisans use tools to engrave into metal plates. Persian metal plates and vases on display.