The UN Security Council in meeting at Flushing Meadows, New York. Dr. Mohammad Mosaddegh, Premier of Iran is assisted as he enters the chamber, walking with a cane. British representative Gladwyn Jebb is seen sitting at the table. Dr. Mosaddegh reads a statement to the Council. Ambassador Jebb responds, as Mosaddegh listens using a headset to hear translation.
Premier of Iran, Mohammed Mosaddegh steps down plane with his supporters to plead his case of oil exploration before the United Nations in New York City. People wave flags. He enters a car. British technicians evacuate with their possessions. British Navy and Paratroop forces personnel step on a boat. Navy people board a ship at sea. People wave from a ship.
Activities setting up an oil drilling system in Masjed Soleyman, Iran, led by George B. Reynolds who was working for a British syndicate led by William Knox D'Arcy. Herds of camel, sheep and animals in desert. A laborer skimming oil from a natural surface-bubbling well. Men on horse guide laborers digging ground in desert. Laborers stand on scaffolds and work together. A machinery system set up for drilling on the rig. Laborers rotate shaft and the underground oil comes out. A man observes quality of drilled oil. Man on horses move up a ridge followed by laborers carrying their equipment.
Activities of George B. Reynolds and his team operating an oil drilling mechanism in Masjed Soleyman, Iran. Reynolds, representing the Anglo-Persian Oil Company or APOC, (which later became British Petroleum in 1954, or BP), studies maps while smoking a pipe. An oil rig set up in the desert at the location Masjid-i-Sulaiman. Workers and mechanics working at the rig. Close views of the diary records of George B. Reynolds. Men work on oil rigs under intense sun. The oil rig working and striking oil; a cloud of smoke and fire from the ground. Close views of a binder holding letter from Lewis Mallet to the British foreign office announcing the successful oil discovery. A seemingly unrelated two-second view of 1908-era motor cars on a street follows.
A U.S. Air Force C-121 aircraft taxis after landing in Tehran, Iran. Another plane in the background. United States politician W. Averell Harriman descends stair from aircraft followed by Mrs. Harriman and others. United States Ambassador to Iran Henry Grady greets them. A man welcomes them with flowers. Photographers and crowd gather.
Shah of Iran, speaks about gender equality and education in Iran. Iranian young women attend school and recite in class. A young woman reads aloud from her book. Young women training as teachers walking from school after class. They are wearing traditional Iranian gowns and carrying books. The women board a school bus. Iranian students attend class. An elementary teacher reads to the class. View of a remote desert road in Iran. Water flowing from irrigation system in Iran. View of the countryside as seen from a moving vehicle. Crops growing in farm field. Cotton branches on display. Sunflowers growing in field. Wheat stalks in the wind. Iranian farmers tending wheat and other crops. Farmer tills the land with tractor. Tree lined road.