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British newsreel detailing crude oil extraction and refinement efforts in Persia (present Iran) since the early 20th century
Newsreel titled, 'Persia and the Oil Fields." Narrator chronicles discovery of oil in Persia, benefits of oil to the local economy, and British involvement via the Great Oil Company (now British Petroleum). View of barren lands in Persia (now Abadan in Iran). Oil drillers at work in a refinery amidst the barren lands. Construction of oil refinery at Abadan. Oil revenue brings benefits to the people, as shown by new bridges, school buildings, teachers and young girl and boy students in classroom, and college students studying technical subjects. Professor instructs in front of a blackboard filled with mathematical formulas. Workers at metal shop machines applying new technical knowledge. Oil pipe lines laid across stretches of undeveloped land near Abadan, Iran. Crude oil bubbling from the ground. View of several British oil transport ships at a dock in the Persian Gulf, including "Umaria London", the "British Guardsman" and the "British Virtue." Narrator eludes to the then current difficulties in relations between Iran and Britain, due to the British oil embargo following nationalization of Iran's oil reserves by Mosaddegh.
Averell Harriman is greeted by Henry F. Grady and confers with Mohammad Mosaddeq in Tehran, Iran.
U.S. Envoy Averell Harriman in Tehran, Iran to settle the Anglo Iranian oil conflict. Harriman disembarks from a U.S. aircraft and is greeted by U.S. Ambassador to Iran Henry F. Grady. He climbs up the steps of the Niavaran Palace (Tehran Province Tehran District 1 Niavaran St, Niavaran Square, Iran). Harriman meets with the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi at the Niavaran Palace. Harriman with Iranian government officials. Protest by the communists in the Parliament Square (Tehran Province, Tehran, District 12, Baharestan Square, MCRJ+7HF, Iran). People holding placards demonstrate. Police on horseback try to control the crowd. Harriman in conference with Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq (or Mossadegh).
Annual Parade to celebrate the Trung sisters in Vietnam, and scenes of injured parade participants after attack in 1961 parade.
A man dresses during Annual Parade in South Vietnam. This celebration is in honor of the Trung Sisters. Girls in parade in different uniforms. The dignitaries on chairs. A sign on the Hospital building. Injured girls on beds in the hospital after being attacked by Vietcong forces during the 1961 parade. Viet Cong guerrillas held captive. Illustrated map and a route on map from North to South Vietnam used by Viet Cong. (Vietnam War period).
Shooting of Bernt Leuton in 1961 explained in context of Soviet history, beginning with Czar Nicholas II and Russian Revolution of 1917
A picture of Bernt Leuton, a resident of East Berlin East Germany, who fled to West Berlin West Germany. Border guards at the Communist side of Berlin in East Germany. View of Leuton on August 13, 1961 after being shot by an East German guard, after successfully swimming across the connecting canal. He is hauled out by West German guards. A map of the world. Narrator begins to trace history of Bernt Leuton's shooting by recounting prior events in history of Russia and Soviet Union. View of the Winter Palace of Czar Nicholas II, with the Czar and Czarina Alexandra standing on a balcony. Saint Petersburg, Russia on January 22nd , 1905 : Peasants and workers, with their leader Russian Orthodox Priest, Father Georgi Gapon, gathered outside the palace to deliver a petition to Czar Nicholas II. A number of the people carry banners. A picture of Czar Nicholas II. Reenactment of Czar's armed cossack cavalry dispersing the crowd, The words 'My autocracy will remain unchanged' issued by the Czar to which Father Gapon replies that they "no longer have a Czar." Picture of Father George Gapon. Picture of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, and moving images of Lenin speaking. The Czar Nicholas II and his wife, escorted by guards, moving on a path during a ceremony. The Czar mounting a horse and the guards saluting him. A picture of the Czar's wife and hemophiliac son. Picture of Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin, whose occult powers were believed to have kept the Czar's son alive.
Pope John XXIII meets the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in Vatican City, Italy.
The meeting of Pope John XXIII, Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, and Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in Vatican City, Italy. View of the St. Peter’s Basilica (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City) from St. Peter’s Square. Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi walks out from his car. The Shah and other dignitaries salute at the honor guards lined up outside the building. The guards hold flags, guns, and swords. The Shah enters the building. Vatican Swiss Guards accompany the Shah of Iran to meet the Pope. The Shah of Iran meets Pope John XXIII. Other dignitaries and officials also greet Pope John XXIII.
Lyndon Johnson meets locals and dignitaries during visits to Greece, Lebanon, Turkey and Iran
United States Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) waves at a crowd in Iran while standing in a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible during an official visit to the Middle East and Southern Europe. A huge crowd listen to a speech by Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) in Greece. Cameraman readies his camera to capture Lyndon B. Johnson’s speech. Lyndon B. Johnson delivers a speech behind the podium, about the hopes “…We, of United States have for the future in this broad area of the world”. On Lyndon B. Johnson’s right is his daughter, Lynda Bird Johnson. From his convertible, Lyndon B. Johnson shakes hands with people. United States Air Force Two, a Boeing 707 carrying Lyndon B. Johnson, arrives at Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport. Lady Bird Johnson alights aircraft with Lyndon B. Johnson. Airplane door showing the seal of the Vice President of the United States. Lyndon B. Johnson meets Lebanese Foreign Minister, Philippe Takla, after Johnson disembarked from Air Force Two. Photographers capture shots of Lyndon B. Johnson arriving at Golestan Palace in Tehran, Iran in a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible. Lyndon B. Johnson meets Shah Reza Pahlavi of Iran aka Shah of Iran, and Iranian Prime Minister Asadollah Alam in the Golestan Palace. Lyndon B. Johnson in a meeting with Turkish President Cemal Gürsel, Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Cemal Erkin and Prime Minister Mustafa İsmet İnönü. Lyndon B. Johnson meets Makarios III, the President of Cyprus, during official visit to Nicosia, Cyprus. Cypriot Parliament in Nicosia. Vice President of Cyprus Fazıl Küçük attends. Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson pose together with King Paul of Greece and his wife, Queen Frederika of Hannover in Tatoi Palace, Athens. Lyndon B. Johnson confers with Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis. Turkish people with American and Turkish flags listen to Lyndon B. Johnson. View of Ancient Greek Acropolis ruins. Lyndon B. Johnson says in his speech, “Thousands of years before man set foot upon the shores of our New World, great glories of civilization have been wrought here in the lands of the Middle East”.
