Over head crane and native workers unload heavy crates from an Allied ship at a port in Iran. Crates are placed on tractor trailers. (World War II period).
A child selling melons in an open air food market in Iran. Flies flying over the food. Native people wash clothes in a gutter and perform various chores. Natives fill water from a dirty river. Natives swimming in the river. Buffaloes bathing in the river.
Nomads migrating from one place to other in Iran. Several children seen in the caravan. Sheep and cows of the nomads on the mountain terrain. American Army Captain, wearing a holstered 46 caliber pistol, and an Iranian officer discuss paperwork with the nomadic leader. The nomad tribe and their livestock completely fill the road. Small children help herd the livestock. The nomads and animals completely engulf a convoy of U.S. army trucks lined up on the road.
Nomads in their camps in Iran. A horse in the foreground. Several men stand in a group. Nomads dance in a group in the camps. Nomads in camps cooking food. A man and a woman sit and stir the food.
Oxen plowing agriculture field in Iran. Native men threshing grains and removing chaff of grains. An ancient Persian stone lookout tower or watch tower. A soldier passes by the watch tower. (World War II period).
Demonstrations in Iran during time of nationalization of the the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) . Demonstrators in favor of nationalization aboard vehicles. People in the streets. A crowd with sticks in a market place. A man removes a hoarding from a shop. Flags hanging from a rooftop. A man addresses a huge gathering. The Iranian flag is waved. People on vehicles in the streets.