A steam locomotive train arrives at a train station in Arak, Iran during World War II. Iranian and Indian Sikh soldiers meet and shake hands in train station. United States soldiers disembark to go into the mess area at the station and greet each other on the train platform. American soldier pulls out a cigarette and puts it in his mouth.
United States soldiers march from a train station platform in Arak, Iran to a mess area behind the station during World War II. Military jeeps are parked near the train station, including one marked as "26th Field Hospital." Other United States soldiers wait and talk to each other on busy train platform.
United States soldiers inspect The Qajar-era Fath Ali Shah Inscription at Cheshmeh-Ali, Ray (Rey) Iran, also known as Shahr-e Ray) during World War II. A United States Army officer, wearing round glasses, gives an explanation about the inscription to the other officers. United States soldiers listen to officer.
Activities setting up an oil drilling system in Masjed Soleyman, Iran, led by George B. Reynolds who was working for a British syndicate led by William Knox D'Arcy. Herds of camel, sheep and animals in desert. A laborer skimming oil from a natural surface-bubbling well. Men on horse guide laborers digging ground in desert. Laborers stand on scaffolds and work together. A machinery system set up for drilling on the rig. Laborers rotate shaft and the underground oil comes out. A man observes quality of drilled oil. Man on horses move up a ridge followed by laborers carrying their equipment.
Activities of George B. Reynolds and his team operating an oil drilling mechanism in Masjed Soleyman, Iran. Reynolds, representing the Anglo-Persian Oil Company or APOC, (which later became British Petroleum in 1954, or BP), studies maps while smoking a pipe. An oil rig set up in the desert at the location Masjid-i-Sulaiman. Workers and mechanics working at the rig. Close views of the diary records of George B. Reynolds. Men work on oil rigs under intense sun. The oil rig working and striking oil; a cloud of smoke and fire from the ground. Close views of a binder holding letter from Lewis Mallet to the British foreign office announcing the successful oil discovery. A seemingly unrelated two-second view of 1908-era motor cars on a street follows.
Shah of Iran, speaks about gender equality and education in Iran. Iranian young women attend school and recite in class. A young woman reads aloud from her book. Young women training as teachers walking from school after class. They are wearing traditional Iranian gowns and carrying books. The women board a school bus. Iranian students attend class. An elementary teacher reads to the class. View of a remote desert road in Iran. Water flowing from irrigation system in Iran. View of the countryside as seen from a moving vehicle. Crops growing in farm field. Cotton branches on display. Sunflowers growing in field. Wheat stalks in the wind. Iranian farmers tending wheat and other crops. Farmer tills the land with tractor. Tree lined road.
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