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Go to HomepageReel Number: 220508-11
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1951,1950s
Country: England,Iran,United Kingdom
Location: Abadan
TC Begins: 23:57:32
TC Ends: 23:59:18
Duration: 00:01:46
NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1951 - Post-Revolution, Iran: British Oil Fields Shut Down. ca Jul51 Main title. 23:57:32 Intertitle: Crisis in Iran - Nationalists Seize British Oil Fields. 23:57:37 Oil refinery w/ pipelines. Map of middle east. 23:57:46 Demonstrators riding on trucks - demonstrators in Abadan w/ Iranians take over the British Petroleum Company Offices - tearing down signs and raising Iranian flag. 23:58:10 British publisher outside Abadan Printing Office barred from entering - Iranians enter office. 23:58:23 British cruiser HMS Mauritius anchored in port. 23:58:31 Refinery being closed down, valves shut. 23:58:45 Women & children walk across tarmac; evacuated by air & stretcher is carried up aircraft steps. 23:58:59 Huge crowds w/ port manager speaking, flag carried. Expropriation; Preparations For Nationalization; 1950s; Anglo-Iranian Oil Company; Post-Revolution; Petroleum; NOTE: If requested 23:57:22 - 00:04:28 (4 cards) sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk