Brief glimpse of British visitors walking toward a ship, after a postwar visit to an IPC facility in Iraq. Scene shifts to an oil derrick and drilling rig rising above oil storage tanks at a sandy site. Camera pans up the derrick. Change of scene shows gathering of British people with IPC officials at some kind of event. Next, a group of officials is seen briefly, outside a facility warehouse. Two men greet each other. A military officer stands nearby. Camera then jumps to inside the oil rig, shown earlier where Iraqi "roughnecks" wrestle pipe, insert a new section, and continue drilling. View of worker walking among oil tanks at the facility. Views of natural gas compressors; large transmission pipes; and a worker closing one, in a set of valves at the site. Broad view from the derrick, showing supplies and equipment laid out in the sand and a vista of miles, with distant structures including (possibly) worker housing and support facilities.
Scenes from Operation Desert Storm (Persian Gulf War). U.S. tanks and soldiers in near the tanks, in the sandy deserts of Iraq and Kuwait. A U.S.soldier with his gun keeps watch across the desert. Cloud of dust in the desert from the moving tanks. Large number of tanks parked in a long line in the desert.
Opening slate reads: "Iraqi Revolt. Pro-Reds Ousted in Military Coup." Glimpse of the City of Bagdad, capital of Iraq. Soldiers in military uniforms rides standing in jeeps passing through a gateway, accompanied by military motorcyclists. In flashback, Abd al-Karim Qasim is seen posing on a dais with a civilian, on July, 14, 1958, when he deposed King Faisal II and assassinated him and his family. Narrator states that he, himself, was killed by a firing squad in the wreckage of the Defense Ministry building. (On 8 February 1963, the Iraqi Ba'ath Party overthrew him in a coup, and a day later he was executed by firing squad. Up to 5,000 Iraqi communists were also killed in the aftermath) Views of the city seemingly quiet, but the search for communists is going on. Camera shows evidence of violence in the form of damaged and burned out automobiles, and Iraqi tanks in the streets. Closeups of some Iraqi soldiers on a street.
Iraqi soldiers push back crowds in Baghdad, Iraq. Premier Abdul Karim Kassem drives through the crowd. He along with officers and other officials take their place in the review stand. The crowd cheers. Premier Kassem reviews the civilians,soldiers and children marching.
Various tanks passing by during a military parade in Baghdad, Iraq. Soldiers ride in trucks with flags. The crowd cheering.
Jeeps with armed soldiers passing by during a Military parade in Baghdad, Iraq. Trucks tow artillery and carry assault boats. Soldiers on guard at rooftop.
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