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Iran: Between Two Worlds (Title Missing)

Reel Number: 221273-03

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1954

Country: Iran

Location: Abadan,Isfahan,Persepolis,Persia,Shiraz,Teheran,Tehran

TC Begins: 14:20:04

TC Ends: 14:32:51

Duration: 00:12:47

Iran: Between Two Worlds (Title Missing) Encyclopaedia Britannica Mountains, desert & car along road. Map showing placement of Iran. 14:20:32 Ruins of Persepolis from high angle. Carved statues in bas relief showing various ethnic people, animals & chariots etc coming to pay taxes. Statue of ruler. Columns. 14:22:18 Mosque & tall minarets. Large dome w/ ornate architecture. Royal Blue Mosque. Early painting of polo match. Palace gateway & porch overlooking square. Pool, irrigation system. 14:23:09 Statue of Reza Shah; footage of young Reza Shah Pahlavi. Modern architecture of Tehran. Palace interior w/ peacock throne. View of mountains beyond Tehran seen from above. 14:24:08 Religious college w/ muslim students; street scenes w/ western & Iranian dress. Buildings under construction. National University w/ students walking under fall foliage. 14:24:50 Isfahan bazaar, coppersmithing by hand. Silverworking by hand in small room w/ many silversmiths working. CU elaborate work & products, miniature paintings. Persian rugs woven in CU w/ women sitting in row. CU of woman. Children tying small knots. Textile mill ext. w/ pollution; int. & men at looms. 14:27:32 Shiraz gates & palace. Citrus & oranges; pools, fountains & monument to poet w/ ornate tile. Camel caravan & grain elevator. Technical school exterior. Medical school ext. & int w/ women students. Rural village w/ people walking; man at well drawing water w/ goatskins. Sheep & goats at well, women taking water & carrying on head & w/ jugs. Woman making bread outdoors. 14:30:28 Int. Boy folding carpet, other family possessions shown. House shown. Woman baking bread over hearth. Man walking to fields; plowing with oxen as others working in distance. Wooden plow w/ steel tip. 14:31:53 Aerial over very large oil refinery complex at Abadan; technicians on ground & men working at pipe handles. Changing shift & men walking, bicycling. Smoke stacks at sunset. Statues at Persepolis. The End but abrupt. Geography; Persia; Travelogue; Religion; Islam; Islamic; 1950s; Middle East; Petroleum Industry;

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