An oil pumping station in Iran during timeframe of nationalization of Iranian oil industry by government of Iran. Men at work in the oil pumping station. Two workmen rotate the valve of a pipe line. Machinery and equipment in the background. A man instructs as another man rotates a valve. A man rotates a wheel.
British people board aircraft in Iran during efforts by Iran to nationalize oil industry, and resulting conflict with Britain. People walk towards a parked aircraft. Women climb the boarding stairs and get into the aircraft. 'G-Alde' written on the aircraft. A stretcher is carried into the aircraft. A woman walks up a stair to board an aircraft. Other people carrying their luggage also board it. People standing at a distance wave at the departing people. An aircraft taxis. Two Indian women board an aircraft on which 'TWA' is written. Other people also board the aircraft. Wounded are taken off an ambulance and boarded on the aircraft. A British woman walks up the stairs to board the aircraft.
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.