Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi aboard USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in Caribbean. Shah and party come up on the elevator. Shah talks to a jet pilot in flight suit. He receives still picture album as a gift. Sailors stand. USS Valley Forge written on gangway.
Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi aboard USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in Caribbean. Band plays across the hangar deck of the ship. Civilians and officers embark. Shah of "Iran shakes hands with the Admiral. Shah comes and salutes. Officers shake hands with and salute the Shah. He walks past the side boys and descends along the brow. Valley Forge painted on the brow.
Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi aboard USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) tied up at a pier in San Diego, California. View of saluting battery firing 7 rounds before scene shifts to the Shah and United States Navy and Iranian officers walking along the flight deck past U.S. Navy Douglas AD Skyraider aircraft. Shah and entourage walk along flight deck. U.S. Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter aircraft seen on deck. Several U.S. warships are seen in San Diego harbor in the background. Shah's flag flies from mainmast of the Valley Forge.
Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi aboard USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in San Diego, California. The Valley Forge fires guns in salute. Stern of the CVS-45. Name plate reads 'Valley Forge' over the stern.
USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) tied up at pier in San Diego, California. Brow of ship. Passengers loading up to side of ship. Cars stop before brow. Shah and dignitaries exit. They climb up to the ship. Valley Forge tied up at pier. Saluting battery fire.
Men reading various newspapers (mostly from New York) in the United States. Views of several newspaper headlines such as 'Truman says Russia set of Atomic blast' after President Truman revealed to the American public that the Soviet Union had successfully detonated an atomic bomb in a weapons test. Traffic on a road. Man in 1940's suit and hat standing on a street reading a newspaper. (World War II period).