People board ferries in Iran during timeframe of Iran government nationalizing the oil industry, and resulting diplomatic conflict with Britain. People milling about outside a building with their luggage. Sailors carry luggage up the stairs of a ferry. People walk up the stairs. Two men, likely British nationals, sit near the railing on the deck of the ferry. Sailors in the background. A flag flutters in breeze nearby. People walk up a stair and walk on a pier. A ferry loaded with people sails away.
Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi meeting with Prime Minister Hussein Ala at Sa’adabad Palace (Tehran Province, Tehran, District 1, Taheri St, RC8F+FJ7, Iran), in northern Tehran, Iran. Large garden by Palace and Alborz mountains in background. The Shah of Iran seats himself in a chair, at a desk. The Prime Minister sits and converses with him. Shah of Iran reads several official documents and annotates one. A paper on the desk is labeled: "US News Report."
Russian troops leave Iran and street riots in Iran. Russian troops leave Iran in 1945 after the end of World War II. People walk carrying bouquets. A Russian officer gets into a jeep. People of Iran look at the departure of the Russian troops from the balcony of their buildings. People stand on both sides of a road. Russian Army vehicles move past. Last part of clip is unrelated, and shows scenes of street riots in Iran in 1950. Police or military guards ride horses during the riots to push back the crowd of Iranian civilian protestors.
Iraqi military vehicles with soldiers moving into Iran during the Iraqi invasion of Iran (Iran-Iraq War). Iraqi soldiers raise rifles while on board a truck pulling artillery. Iraqi infantry pose with BMP-1 tracked carriers in Iran. Chinese-made Type 59 tanks of the Iraqi Army in Iran. A mural portrait of Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Iraqi soldiers walk past other murals of Ayatollah Khomeini near a house, one covered with an "X" Iraqi soldiers apply a poster of Saddam Hussein on a tank before posing and smiling for the camera.
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, speaks about the economic system of Iran. An English dubbing translates the Shah’s comments. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi speaks how Iran has adopted a capitalist system (defined as “if you accept what is not communist is capitalist”) despite every natural and industrial resources of the country is nationalized. The Shah added that almost half of companies in Iran have opened their accounts to the public.
Shah Reza Pahlavi of Iran and his family at the Niavaran Palace (Tehran Province Tehran District 1 Niavaran St, Niavaran Square, Iran) in Tehran. Reza Shah Pahlavi, Queen Fawzia and their three-year-old daughter Shahnaz Pahlavi strolling in the palace grounds. Trees lined on side of the road. The daughter plays with their pet Pekingese dog. The Iranian Royal family poses for a photograph.