A U.S. Air Force C-121 aircraft taxis after landing in Tehran, Iran. Another plane in the background. United States politician W. Averell Harriman descends stair from aircraft followed by Mrs. Harriman and others. United States Ambassador to Iran Henry Grady greets them. A man welcomes them with flowers. Photographers and crowd gather.
Various signages of businesses catering to American and Russian soldiers in Iran during World War II. Signs in English, Arabic and Russian signs read “Brown Derby American Bar & Restaurant LETS'EAT” and “No.1 In bounds to other ranks” and “Black Cat Bar” in Tehran, Iran.
Iranian oil well drilling operations. Pipe lifted in derrick. Roughneck crew rotates pipe and adds sections as drilling progresses. Cable block and tackle raises and lowers pipe.
Life in oasis village. A man cuts meat while another keeps flies away by waving a flag-like fan. Women and children watch. People gather to fill water containers at community pump. Some carry filled containers home on their heads. A man showers from a bucket at the pump.
An Iranian villager, in a hospital after being bitten by rabid wolf. It is the 5th day, following his admittance to the hospital, and he is dying from rabies. He is constrained in a hospital bed and foaming at the mouth. Death is confirmed by a physician.
United States soldiers walk towards mess area from parked train at Rahgerd Station during World War II. Two United States soldiers leave mess area shack and wash their mess kits in water drums together. One of the soldiers is smoking a cigar while washing a pan. The other is wearing a train engineer's cap.