Flare stacks at an oil refinery in Iran. Map of the world showing oil supply routes and locations written in French. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, speaks about the role of the Imperial Iranian Navy in helping Iran’s independent oil policy and how oil production contributes to the economic and social development of Iran. An English dubbing translates the Shah’s comments. The Shah speaks in French. Smokestacks, pipes, pumps, and other infrastructure at an oil refinery. Gas flares on top of flare stack. An Iranian soldier stands beside an oil tank. Flare stacks are seen behind the soldier from a distance.
U.S. President Richard Nixon attends a state dinner at the Niavaran Palace (Tehran Province Tehran District 1 Niavaran St, Niavaran Square, Iran) in Tehran, Iran. President Nixon speaks with Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his wife Farah Pahlavi. President Nixon and the Shah walk in a palace followed by the First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon and Farah Pahlavi. The Shah speaks with President Nixon.
Civilians walking outside the Shah of Iran's palace, an Art Deco building in Tehran, Iran during World War II. This building purportedly stood at Sardar Sangi Square (at the intersection of Kakh and Pastor.) A soldier stands guard at the gate entrance of the building. The soldier stands beside a sentry house. A male attendant in uniform mopping puddle at the gate. A sculpture above the gate depicts a crown flanked by two lions. Some pedestrian women are dressed in Western attires. Other women wear head coverings. View through the open gate shows a circular drive around a garden and a large building behind it. Two military officers walk out the gate. One wears a steel helmet. They pass the guard standing by his booth. Closer view of Iranian guard standing with a bayonet. Iranian attendant in uniform standing. A soldier walks past a modern building.
A jeep procession moves along a road in Tehran, Iran. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's jeep drives up on a small ramp. Snow covered mountains in the background. Review of soldiers. President's jeep enters reviewing center. A military band plays. A jeep procession moves along a road in Tehran, Iran. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's jeep drives up on a small ramp. Snow covered mountains in the background. Review of soldiers. President's jeep enters reviewing center. A military band plays. A jeep procession moves along a road in Tehran, Iran. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's jeep drives up on a small ramp. Snow covered mountains in the background. Review of soldiers. President's jeep enters reviewing center. A military band plays. A jeep procession moves along a road in Tehran, Iran. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's jeep drives up on a small ramp. Snow covered mountains in the background. Review of soldiers. President's jeep enters reviewing center. A military band plays. (World War II period, immediately after conclusion of Tehran Conference).
Rural life and healthcare in Iran. Women and children tend to livestock at a remote village in Iran. A girl milking a goat held by a boy. Goats relaxing in the sun. A man chases after his donkey in the street. Mud houses in Iranian village. A white Jeep arrives in a remote township hundred miles from Tehran. A doctor steps out of the Jeep. Iranian village women and children sit in waiting room of a clinic. A doctor and a nurse stand near the patients. Faces of mothers and children in Iran. A man consults a doctor during a medical appointment. The doctor examines the man’s chest with stethoscope.
Demonstrations in Iran during time of nationalization of the the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) . Demonstrators in favor of nationalization aboard vehicles. People in the streets. A crowd with sticks in a market place. A man removes a hoarding from a shop. Flags hanging from a rooftop. A man addresses a huge gathering. The Iranian flag is waved. People on vehicles in the streets.