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Oil refineries and systems to transport oil to ships in Iran seized from British under Iran nationalization
Clip slate reads, "Iran votes to seize vast British oil fields" (during nationalization of the Iranian oil industry.) View of British oil fields in Iran. Air view of an oil refinery. Oil wells. Barren mountain country of Iran. Oil trucks drive on roads cut in mountains. An oil well tower. Machinery being handled by hands. Oil wells and mountains. Large pipes between mountains for piping oil to coast. Oil being pumped in ships. Several ships at a harbor.
Spring offensive launched by the Chinese forces on UN troops during the Korean War.
Spring offensive during the Korean War. An animated map of Korea shows the position of United Nation forces behind the 38th Parallel. Events and attack from 20th April, 1951 to May 20th 1951. Chinese forces launch a Spring offensive on 23rd April, 1951. Another Red offensive is launched around the Hwachon Reservoir area. United Nation forces are forced back and move towards south. Later they recover some ground around Seoul. Second phase of Spring offensive being launched around Chunchon in the Central sector of Korea. Later the UN forces strengthen their position in Central part of Korea.
A British ship underway in sea off the coast of Iran during Iran nationalization of oil industry.
A British ship off the coast of Iran during crisis in Iran as it sought to nationalize the Iranian oil industry. The ship underway in sea. British flag on the ship. A man on the deck of the ship. A small boat near the ship.
W. Averell Harriman meets Shah of Iran and Prime Minister of Iran in Tehran
United States politician W. Averell Harriman and Mrs. Harriman sit with Iranian officer. Harriman and Henry Grady with escorts. Harriman ascends steps into building followed by Grady. Iranian flag on the building. Harriman and Grady greet Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran. Harriman and Vernon Walters confer with Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh, Prime Minister of Iran. Harriman and Grady walk by American flag flying from flagpole in garden.
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi of Iran and his bride, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, at their wedding in Tehran, Iran.
Wedding of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary at Golestan Palace in Tehran, Iran. The Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and his bride, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, arrive at their wedding reception in Tehran. Guests in formal attire. The couple sits along with their guests for the wedding reception.
British newsreel detailing crude oil extraction and refinement efforts in Persia (present Iran) since the early 20th century
Newsreel titled, 'Persia and the Oil Fields." Narrator chronicles discovery of oil in Persia, benefits of oil to the local economy, and British involvement via the Great Oil Company (now British Petroleum). View of barren lands in Persia (now Abadan in Iran). Oil drillers at work in a refinery amidst the barren lands. Construction of oil refinery at Abadan. Oil revenue brings benefits to the people, as shown by new bridges, school buildings, teachers and young girl and boy students in classroom, and college students studying technical subjects. Professor instructs in front of a blackboard filled with mathematical formulas. Workers at metal shop machines applying new technical knowledge. Oil pipe lines laid across stretches of undeveloped land near Abadan, Iran. Crude oil bubbling from the ground. View of several British oil transport ships at a dock in the Persian Gulf, including "Umaria London", the "British Guardsman" and the "British Virtue." Narrator eludes to the then current difficulties in relations between Iran and Britain, due to the British oil embargo following nationalization of Iran's oil reserves by Mosaddegh.