The inauguration ceremony of President Richard Nixon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC, United States. Vice President Spiro Agnew, President Richard Nixon and their wives stand together on the inaugural stand at the Capitol. They wave to the crowd present. People rise and applaud as the Presidential party leaves.
Fuel nozzle filling gas in car. A car filling petrol at a gas station with spiral gas flow indicator moving. A male bank teller counting Iranian rial bills and coins. The bank teller gives cash to a wealthy Iranian man. The elderly man places bills into his money case. Molten metal flowing into a vat. An artisan weaving a traditional Persian rug. The artisan weaves rug with elaborate floral patterns. A policeman directs car traffic in Tehran, Iran.
Aerial view of an oil field in Iran. Flames are seen on top of flare stacks flaring. Oil storage tanks in desert oil refinery. Ships in the coast near oil refinery. Offshore drilling in Iran. Oil tankers are docked in Iranian ports.
View of downtown Tehran, Iran. Modernist skyscrapers, streets of Tehran are shown. An Iranian policeman directs car traffic. A man runs in the middle of a heavy traffic. Pedestrians cross the road. Iranian women wearing Western fashion such as jeans, miniskirts, and short dresses. An Iranian family walking together. Two women wearing short skirts talk to each other as they walk in the street. A driver gets distracted by women wearing short skirts on the street. He bumps his car into another vehicle in front of him. Two young Iranian boys weave a Persian rug with an artisan. Yarns hang over the loom. A boy weaves the rug by hand. An artisan creates a Persian miniature. Metalworkers create hand tooled metal plates in Iran. A young boy trains alongside two adult metal artisans. Artisans use tools to engrave into metal plates. Persian metal plates and vases on display.
A factory under construction in Iran as seen from a passing vehicle. Factory estates in the Iranian desert. View of the Hajiqabul–Astara–Abadan pipeline that supplies natural gas to the Soviet Union. The Esfahan Steel Company steelworks in Isfahan, Iran. Molten metal flowing into a ladle. Flames in furnace. Molten copper bubbling. A worker pulls out and inspects a copper sheet.
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, speaks about the economic system of Iran. An English dubbing translates the Shah’s comments. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi speaks how Iran has adopted a capitalist system (defined as “if you accept what is not communist is capitalist”) despite every natural and industrial resources of the country is nationalized. The Shah added that almost half of companies in Iran have opened their accounts to the public.