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Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill meet at Tehran conference in Iran
Cargo being unloaded from ships. Military trucks move over a bridge. Joseph Stalin, the Soviet Premier, President Franklin D. Roosevelt of United States and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain at Tehran Conference in Iran.
Heavy crates and M-4 tanks loaded on trains in Khorramshahr,Iran
Two train loads of lend lease material in Khorramshahr,Iran. A train loaded with M-4 tanks and another loaded with crate trucks and heavy goods move away.
Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his wife inspect United States military installations in Tehran during World War II
Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his wife, Queen Fawzia, and an entourage of Iranian officers, inspect United States military installations in Tehran. United States Military officials greet the royal couple. Major General Donald H. Connolly (wearing glasses), Commander of the U.S. Army Persian Gulf Command steps forward to greet the Royal couple. Shoulder patch of the Persian Gulf Command (a scimitar and 7-pointed star) is seen on his uniform. General Connally salutes and removes his cap, as he takes the hand of Queen Fawzia. He introduces a Brigadier General to the Royal couple and then all proceed down a path. Large radio antennas are seen dimly in the background. The Shah and Empress emerge from the broadcast facilities of the American Expeditionary Station Tehran, and General Connolly helps Queen Fawzia into a U.S. jeep. An American soldier driver gets into the jeep. The Shah, Queen, and party are escorted by the American officers along a path to the "Service Club", as American soldiers stand to the side. They are seen later, coming out of the Service Club. The party poses for photographs.
Views of Tehran, when Iran was the "Persian Corridor" for American Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union in World War II
Opening scene is of ordinary day in teheran, Iran, during World War 2. A horse and wagon sits quietly in shade at edge of a traffic circle centered on monument topped with a statue of Reza Shah Pahlavi . A U.S. Army truck, displaying a white star, and a jeep, drive by on the nearby roadway. A horse-drawn wagon passes at edge of toad. A military truck drives around the road closest to the statue of Reza Shah Pahlavi . Closeups of the statue. Change of scene shows an official-looking modern building, with a guard at its open gate. A sculpture above the gate depicts a crown flanked by two lions. Several pedestrians pass by casually on the road and sidewalk. The pedestrian women include some in Western dress and ant least one with head modestly covered. View through the open gate shows a circular drive around a garden and a large building behind it. Two military officers walk out the gate. One wears a steel helmet. They pass the guard standing by his booth. Street scenes showing a modern building and light traffic, including another American jeep, a horse-drawn wagon, a car and a bus. Several multistory apartment buildings. View looking down on a horse-drawn cart moving along a tree-lined city street.
British Engineers and Geologists strike oil at Maydan-i-Naftun in Khuzestan, Iran, in 1908.
After years of exploration, British engineers and geologists strike oil while working in Khuzestan,Iran,under the D'Arcy Concession, signed in 1901 between William Knox D'Arcy and Mozzafar al-Din Shah of Persia. After unsuccessful drilling at Mamatain and Shardin, they concentrate their final efforts, at Maydan-i-Naftun, in 1907. Views, from a mountainside, of rugged topography in foothills of the Zagros Mountains. Men and horses move up a slope. The Karun River flows at the foot of the hills. Men and pack animals appear ready to ford the river. Scene shifts to the hands of British Chief Engineer, George B. Reynolds, holding open his hand-written journal with a photograph of himself inserted between the pages. View shifts back to the rugged landscape, where a small waterfall is emptying into a pool in the river below. More views of the terrain and of camels being herded by men, moving past grazing sheep being tended by a shepherd. George B. Reynolds, is seen on horseback. In the background workers are busy setting up camp at Maydan-i-Naftun. (The overall project camp was at Masjid-i-Suleiman AKA Masjed Soleyman.) A woman draws water from an overflowing pool on a hillside,and pours it into a large desert water bag. Men dig up earth to prepare for oil drilling at Maydan-i-Naftun. Men assembling an oil derrick and commencing to drill for oil. View of the successful well being pumped at Maydan-i-Naftun. Well-dressed man checks drill before it is lowered into hole. Men and mules move up a slope and rugged hills.
American and Russian officers meet and greet at Borghi Airport in Tehran, Iran.
Six American and Russian officers stand beside a plane and pose for the camera at Borghi Airport in Tehran, Iran. The officers laugh, talk and shake hands. Close ups of Major General Korolyov and Major General Connolly. Major General Connolly arrives at airport and is greeted by Major General Korolyov. Russian Ambassador A Smirnov reads and talks. A group of Russian and American officers walks across field. Officials arrive in car, get out and salute. American and Russian officers grouped around truck platform and 1000th lend-lease plane. A-20 aircraft in the background. Army band sings. American and Russian officials descend platform.