Aerials of Anglo-Iranian oil refineries and planes parked at an airfield. Truck pulls trailer loaded with disassembled aircraft. Overhead crane stack supplies in storage depot. African American (US) soldiers remove side from crated airplane parts. P-40 and A-20 assembled at an airfield. Russian officers ferrying planes to Russia, arrive in C-47. Various Russian pilots, officers and U.S. officers. (World War II period).
Peaceful large crowd with banners and flags,supporting nationalization of Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, marches on streets of Tehran. A banner shows a man with chained hands. Gathering is broken up by military vehicles and mounted police on horseback. A mosque in the background.
United States Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) shakes hands with locals during his official visit to the Middle East. Man packs dried fruits in package. Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson visit a food factory. The Vice President's Executive Assistant, Liz Carpenter, is also seen. Turkish worker sorts out canned products behind crates of produce. Worker operates canning machine before placing cans on conveyor belt. Workers process produce in canning factory in Turkey. Workers in canning warehouse. “The need of the present is to press on that momentum, and it give it new evidence to carry forward economic development” says Lyndon B. Johnson from his speech. An Iranian engineer and an American consultant work together in planning a spindle factory. Worker works on machine to make spindles. Newly made spindle gets tossed in box full of spindles. Iranian worker pulls out spindle from machine. Wooden spindles fall into pile. Machine loom weaving fabric at a textile mill.
Iranian teenagers on the street of Tehran watch a United States soldier holding a title slate for the camera during World War II. View of the Cabaret Astoria bar façade. “Hollywood Laundry” sign in English and Arabic.
Liberty ships on the waterway of the Persian Gulf. Heavy trailer trucks being unloaded from liberty ships. U.S. tank being unloaded. Native men loading the supplies onto trucks. Russian men and American men checking the supplies. Natives unloading supplies on loading platform. (World War 2 period).