Mohammad-Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, enters a hall at the Niavaran Palace (Tehran Province Tehran District 1 Niavaran St, Niavaran Square, Iran) in Tehran. He is resplendent in his uniform. The Shah presents awards to uniformed officers who bow and kiss his hand. He strolls past a line of bowing officers and stops to chat with members of the diplomatic corps. In a different setting, the Shah is accompanied by Empress Soraya, who carries a bouquet of flowers, as they walk through a dining hall where children are seated at long tables. Plates of food are set before the children, who are seen applauding.
Street scenes in pre revolution Tehran, Iran. A policeman directs traffic in front of the Bagh-e Melli Gate (Tehran, District 12, Imam Khomeini St, Iran) at the National Garden of Tehran. The policeman stands beside a traffic light. Cars, buses, horse carts, and bicycles are seen in traffic. Iranian worker man uses a primitive rope reel to pull a bucket out of a hole in downtown Tehran. Minarets of the Sepahsalar Mosque (Tehran Province, Tehran, Allameh Sharif-e-Razi, Iran).
U.S. Envoy Averell Harriman in Tehran, Iran to settle the Anglo Iranian oil conflict. Harriman disembarks from a U.S. aircraft and is greeted by U.S. Ambassador to Iran Henry F. Grady. He climbs up the steps of the Niavaran Palace (Tehran Province Tehran District 1 Niavaran St, Niavaran Square, Iran). Harriman meets with the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi at the Niavaran Palace. Harriman with Iranian government officials. Protest by the communists in the Parliament Square (Tehran Province, Tehran, District 12, Baharestan Square, MCRJ+7HF, Iran). People holding placards demonstrate. Police on horseback try to control the crowd. Harriman in conference with Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq (or Mossadegh).
A jeep procession moves along a road in Tehran, Iran. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's jeep drives up on a small ramp. Snow covered mountains in the background. Review of soldiers. President's jeep enters reviewing center. A military band plays. A jeep procession moves along a road in Tehran, Iran. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's jeep drives up on a small ramp. Snow covered mountains in the background. Review of soldiers. President's jeep enters reviewing center. A military band plays. A jeep procession moves along a road in Tehran, Iran. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's jeep drives up on a small ramp. Snow covered mountains in the background. Review of soldiers. President's jeep enters reviewing center. A military band plays. A jeep procession moves along a road in Tehran, Iran. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's jeep drives up on a small ramp. Snow covered mountains in the background. Review of soldiers. President's jeep enters reviewing center. A military band plays. (World War II period, immediately after conclusion of Tehran Conference).
Tehran as the “Persian Corridor” during World War II. A black car stops in front of the Hotel Ritz in Ferdowsi Square, Tehran, Iran. A cart pulled by a horse pass by the hotel. Some pedestrians cross the street across the Hotel Ritz. Pedestrians walking past the Texas Café and Restaurant in downtown Tehran. Several multistory buildings. View looking down on a horse-drawn cart moving along a tree-lined city street. National Council building in Baharestan Square, Tehran. Minarets of the Sepahsalar Mosque (Tehran Province, Tehran, Allameh Sharif-e-Razi, Iran). A bus drives past the Sepahsalar Mosque. Donkeys, bicycles, and pedestrians are also seen.
Cars and horse carts move past the Iran Central Bank building, now the Treasury of National Jewels Museum (Tehran Province, Tehran, Javadiyeh, 213 Avenue Central Bank of Ferdowsi, Iran.) Cars drive past the modernist Bank Melli Iran building on Ferdowsi Avenue, Tehran. Tehran Toopkhaneh / Sepah Square (Imam Khomeini Sq.) with view of Reza Shah Pahlavi statue.