British engineer and oil explorer,George Reynolds, smokes a pipe as he surveys the area for oil drilling. Drilling operations at an oil derrick. Workers Carry containers of granulated oil drilling mud, to the drill pipe. Turning pages in George Reynolds' daily journal. Sun overhead in the sky as men continue to work at the derrick. A man sprays water with a hose as workers add dry mud compound to facilitate drilling.. Black smoke billows from burning oil at edge of oil derrick. An official letter from the office of the British Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey, informing William D' Arcy that the operators of his Syndicate struck oil at a depth of 1200 feet. plumes of black smoke intensify from burning oil at the drill site.
A caravan of camels moves near ruins of ancient Persian City of Pasarguadae, near Masjid-i-Suleiman. View of ancient columns, steps, bas relief art sculptures, winged sculpture, and horse head sculpture.
Sand dunes in desert of Iran, Persia. The oil exploration team led by Geroge B. Reynolds, working for William Know D'Arcy, moves across the countryside in search of oil. A group of men pull their horses across dunes and climb a hill. Desert sand all over. Men on horsebacks cross a small river flowing through the desert. Notebook of George Reynolds with a photograph in it.
Group of villagers who were attacked by a rabid wolf, in Sahneh, Iran. Wounds on a young boy, and others on an older man, are pointed out by an elder in white clothing. Wounds on another man are shown. (Slate states that he later died of rabies.)
Arab leaders and Iranian officers attend a meeting in Iran. Arab leaders wearing Keffiyeh with agal. Arab officials in Western-style military attire speak to guests. Arab leaders listen to meeting. An Arab leader with Chaplin moustache stands up and speaks. More Arab leaders speaking up during the meeting. An Arab man looks up. Arab leaders and Iranian officers sign a document. Iranian military personnel attending classes, receiving instruction in reading and writing. Iranian officers seated in school chairs with desks. Illiterate Iranian soldiers study reading and writing inside a classroom. Educational posters in Arabic adorn the classroom wall beside seated Iranian officers. Iranian officer stands up and speaks. Iranian officials point to an Arabic writing written on the blackboard. Officer writes on the board. An Iranian official inspects soldiers writing on books. A photograph of two Iranian military officers and basic Arabic words are displayed on a wall. Iranian soldiers learn to read and write.
Iranian soldiers firing mortars and machine guns during a public demonstration. Iranian civilians and children watch a weapons demonstration by the Iranian Army. An Iranian Army officer uses the telephone to communicate orders to soldiers. Soldiers fire mortars on command. Soldiers in desert foxholes firing mortars. A general watch the demonstration from a pair of binoculars. Night shots, antiaircraft guns firing tracers into mountainside. Explosion on base of a mountain. An Iranian girl watches the demonstration with her family. Iranian soldiers firing with machine guns. Three soldiers demonstrate a Browning M1919 machine gun. Anti-aircraft guns fires at base of a mountain. Soldiers firing with Browning machine guns in Iran. More explosions at the base of a mountain. A soldier firing with rifle. Antiaircraft guns firing tracers into mountainside at night. Tracer ammunition flash as they are fired into the mountainside.