Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, visits the U.S. Army Base at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Shah Pahlavi climbs onto a tank and inspects others. He watches a firepower demonstration showing tanks with flame throwers. He reviews troop formation while standing in a jeep, and then on foot. Troops parade. Troops hold flags of U.S. and Iran.
Aircraft from the Imperial Iranian Air Force fleet includes United States McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II and Northrop F-5 fighter jets. A row of Northrop F-5 fighter jets at an airfield in Iran. Sign in English and Persian reads “31st T.F. (Tactical Fighter) Squadron”. Imperial Iranian Air Force pilots attend class. A map of the Middle East showing flight paths, radii, flags of the various Air Forces in the region. Flags and roundels of the Soviet Union, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon. A bomb is installed into a jet fighter-bomber. A fuze is fitted into the bomb nose. A man wearing a jacket with an “F-5 Iran” patch. Iranian military pilots run out of a building and board trucks.
W. Averell Harriman is escorted to palace and greeted by officials. Harriman and Mrs. Harriman sit with Iranian officer. Harriman, Mrs. Harriman, Henry Grady, and Vernon Walters are escorted along outdoor walkway. Harriman and Grady are escorted across open courtyard. Harriman and Brady walk by American flag on pole in garden. Frustrated photographer insists on taking photograph.
Young men and women parade in a street with placards and banners in support of Mossadeq (Mosaddegh) and nationalization. Military passes in trucks. Policemen line up outside palace. Young man arrested. Stones on the road after demonstrations
Shah of Iran Reza Pahlavi returns back to Iran as coup ousts Mohammad Mosaddegh. General Fazlollah Zahedi leads the coup. A popular uprising removes the ailing Premier. House of Mosaddegh in shambles. His car wrecked.
Aerial view of an oil field in Iran. Flames are seen on top of flare stacks flaring. Oil storage tanks in desert oil refinery. Ships in the coast near oil refinery. Offshore drilling in Iran. Oil tankers are docked in Iranian ports.