United States MAAG (Military Assistance Advisory Group) and military mission in Baghdad, Iraq Administrative activities at MAAG office building of Baghdad. Major D.L. Price checks papers brought by his subordinate. Aerial view of Baghdad city and the Tigris River. Aerial view of the ruins of Ctesiphon in Salman Pak (30 Km south of Baghdad).
Several cars drive past a traffic policeman, standing under a large umbrella in a circular post at the center of a road, in Baghdad, Iraq. He signals as cars pass. Workers construct new buildings in a housing development. Workers mix mortar that women carry in containers on their heads, to masons working on the buildings. A man drawing water from a river, by means of a "Sanya," a pulley arrangement using self-emptying leather bags (called dalw) hauled by donkeys walking up and down a small hill.
U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group Headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq. A car arrives at the entrance of the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group Headquarters building. Iraqi soldiers guarding the entrance gate of the building. One of the soldiers opens the door of the car and U.S. officers emerge from the car. The officers enter the building. Iraqi soldier at the entrance salutes as the officers walk past him. The officers coming out of the building. A signboard at the entrance reads 'United States Military Assistance Advisory Group'. The soldier at the entrance salutes.
A market place and a street in Baghdad, Iraq. A copperware shop at a market place. Two American women looking at copperware articles in the shop. One of the women holding a jug and the other holding a plate talk to the shopkeeper. Several men behind the shopkeeper watching the women. View of a native street in Baghdad. Children standing in front of shops lining a street. Men walking about in the street. A man on a horseback moves through the street. A soldier walking through the street.
Ancient ruins of Ctesiphon near Salman Pak, 30Km south of Baghdad, Iraq. The ruins known locally as Taq-i Kisra (arch of Kisra). A member of the U.S. Military Advisory Assistance Group, comes out of a house with his wife and children and gets into their 1949 Chevrolet automobile, parked in the driveway. The car leaves the house. View of the ruins of ancient Ctesiphon. The car arrives near the ruins. The family leaves their car and walks towards an Iraqi man who is waiting for them.
Lend lease activities at American outposts in Iran. Traces routes of American shipments from United States to Iran. Cargo unloaded from ships at ports in Basra, Iraq and Khoremshar, Iran. Officer checks the shipments. Piles of supplies like tires, bags and wooden boxes received from America.