Horse drawn rickshaw moves in front of the shops in Iran during WW2. Aerial view of what appears to be a Motor Transport Service camp in Iran. An Iranian man in traditional clothes talking. United States Army trucks drive past a monument to Reza Shah Pahlavi, the first Shahinshah of Iran. A horse carriage driver rests in front of the monument.
United States soldiers talking together in Tehran, Iran during World War II. Outside hut with sign “Office of the Commanding General”, two United States soldiers talk to each other. Two soldiers saluted to each other as good-bye. Soldier enters the Office of the Commanding General before another soldier comes out. More soldiers talk outside the Office of the Commanding General, each good-bye end with salute. Signage says “Office of the Commanding General”.
Allied leaders at conferences in the Middle East during World War II. Aerial views of pyramids in Cairo, Egypt. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-Shek and his wife Madame Chiang Kai-shek seated during the Cairo Conference. Allied officers stand behind the seated leaders. Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Tehran Conference in Tehran, Iran. Churchill's daughter Sarah, an officer in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, is introduced to Premier Stalin by President Roosevelt. British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union William Averell Harriman and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov stand behind the Big Three with other officials. During a ceremony, Winston Churchill presents the Sword of Stalingrad to Premier Stalin which he accepts on behalf of Russian people. U.S. Army Chief of Staff General George Marshall present.
Rural life and healthcare in Iran. Women and children tend to livestock at a remote village in Iran. A girl milking a goat held by a boy. Goats relaxing in the sun. A man chases after his donkey in the street. Mud houses in Iranian village. A white Jeep arrives in a remote township hundred miles from Tehran. A doctor steps out of the Jeep. Iranian village women and children sit in waiting room of a clinic. A doctor and a nurse stand near the patients. Faces of mothers and children in Iran. A man consults a doctor during a medical appointment. The doctor examines the man’s chest with stethoscope.
Mobs moving through the streets of Tehran, Iran, in trucks and on foot. Iranian military applauding. The house of Iranian Premier Mosaddegh seen after being ransacked by mobs. Civilian and military officials examine the damage and destruction, including destroyed vehicle in courtyard. Armed soldiers patrol through the building. Two soldiers pose with weapons pointed. A group of civilian officials comes out of the building and is met on the steps by a religious cleric, who smiles. Iranian Army General, Mohammad Fazlollah Zahedi, is seen with other military officers gathered in a building. He leaves the gathering and descends steps to a waiting car, past a saluting honor guard. He enters the car and is driven with heavily armed escort, past an airfield to a wooden gated facility with iconic pictures displayed on the gate and a flag flying above.
A Canadair C-4 Argonaut operated by BOAC, taxis in rapidly, using inboard engines only, and parks on airport tarmac, at Abadan airport, Iran. The only passenger to deplane is U.S. Ambassador to Iran, Henry F. Grady (probably arriving from Tehran). He is met and greeted by a reception committee. Closeup of Ambassador Grady, making some remarks, as a member of the press stands next to him, holding a microphone. Next, he is seen conversing briefly, with another man, before walking towards the airport terminal building, followed by others.
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