United States soldiers enter the Black Cat Bar in Teharan, Iran. A horse drawn rickshaw moves past the Bar Astoria and other Iranian shops. Views of modernist buildings in Tehran. Two United States soldiers pass the Texas Bar and Restaurant with sign reading “STOP Here is the Americans MEETING PLACE”. A bus drive towards the National Council building in Baharestan Square, Tehran. Carts and pedestrians move past the Brown Derby Bar and Restaurant, with its sign reading, "LET'S EAT." Clothes hanging outside Hollywood Laundry in Tehran with sign written in English and Persian. A camel caravan halts traffic while camels cross the street.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives at the Russian Embassy in Tehran, Iran. He climbs the stairs. Marshall Joseph Stalin stands at top of the stairs. The U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Joseph Stalin sit on a porch of Russian Embassy in Tehran, Iran. Cameramen take photographs. General George Marshall, Harry Hopkins, Admiral EJ King, General HH Arnold, General Sir Hastings Ismay, Sir Alexander Cadogen, Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, Averell Harriman and Marshall Voroshilov stand behind.
Pedestrians cross a street near the Houshang KhanShaghaghi building, Tehran's first skyscraper, in pre revolution downtown Tehran, Iran. Iranian women are both wearing Western and traditional Muslim attire on the street. The Post and Telegraph Office building on Tehran Toopkhaneh / Sepah Square (Imam Khomeini Sq.) Signs in English and Persian read “Chief of Mission” and “Deputy Chief of Mission and Chief of Staff”. Men riding donkeys in the middle of the busy road in front of the National Consultative Assembly building. Close up of lion holding sword statue atop gate to the National Consultative Assembly building. The dome and minarets of Sepahsalar Mosque, southeast of Baharestan square.
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).
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.
View of downtown Tehran, Iran. Modernist skyscrapers, streets of Tehran are shown. An Iranian policeman directs car traffic. A man runs in the middle of a heavy traffic. Pedestrians cross the road. Iranian women wearing Western fashion such as jeans, miniskirts, and short dresses. An Iranian family walking together. Two women wearing short skirts talk to each other as they walk in the street. A driver gets distracted by women wearing short skirts on the street. He bumps his car into another vehicle in front of him. Two young Iranian boys weave a Persian rug with an artisan. Yarns hang over the loom. A boy weaves the rug by hand. An artisan creates a Persian miniature. Metalworkers create hand tooled metal plates in Iran. A young boy trains alongside two adult metal artisans. Artisans use tools to engrave into metal plates. Persian metal plates and vases on display.