The British Prime Minister Winston Churchill walks across a garden in the British Embassy, Tehran, Iran. He is followed by dignitaries including the young Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Churchill reviews the British and Indian Colonial troops. Three soldiers representing the British and Indian Colonial Regiments hold gifts for Winston Churchill celebrating his 69th birthday. Each man steps forward, delivers a speech and hands a gift to Winston Churchill. Winston Churchill addresses the soldiers. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi again visible behind Churchill. Soldiers raise their hats and cheer. Winston Churchill salutes and walks off. (World War II period, during Tehran Conference).
United States President Richard Nixon visits Tehran, Iran. President Nixon and the First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon arrive in a limousine for a state dinner at the Niavaran Palace (Tehran Province Tehran District 1 Niavaran St, Niavaran Square, Iran). President Nixon, Mrs. Nixon and others enter the palace. President Nixon shakes hands with people.
Marshall Joseph Stalin and Russian staff officers move towards the table on which sword of Stalingrad is displayed in the Russian Embassy, Tehran, Iran. General Voroshilov, Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, General Sir Hastings Ismay, Sir Alexander Kadogen and Sir Archibald Clark Kerr stand around the table. The Prime Minister Churchill shakes hands with Marshall Joseph Stalin. The sword is presented to Joseph Stalin. He hands it to a Soviet soldier. Russian emblem on the Embassy. (World War II period).
Wedding of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary at Golestan Palace in Tehran, Iran. The Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and his bride, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, arrive at their wedding reception in Tehran. Guests in formal attire. The couple sits along with their guests for the wedding reception.
United States dependent children attend the American Dependents School (later known as Tehran American School) in Tehran, Iran before the revolution. An Iranian school bus is parked outside the school gate. The children and women cross the school yard. Snow-capped mountain range is seen behind the school. American teachers and personnel exit a GMC school bus labeled “School Bus 4”. Boys playing basketball in school yard. A teacher watches over students playing on monkey bars of school playground. Sign reads “American Dependents School”
Two palace guards stand outside the Golestan Palace and Royal Museum in Tehran, Iran. (Tehran District 12 Panzdah-e-Khordad St Fifth Khordad Avenue Arg Sqr, Iran). Two Iranian guards stand by the entrance of the museum. A soldier walks past the entrance. Intricate relief plaster work decorates the ceiling inside the Golestan Palace. Intricate tile in courtyard.
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