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1951 - Oil Crisis in Iran: British Workers Leaving

Reel Number: 220701-05

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1951

Country: Iran

Location: Abadan

TC Begins: 17:28:48

TC Ends: 17:34:53

Duration: 00:06:05

1951 - Oil Crisis in Iran: British Workers LeavingBritish oil workers outside building in courtyard; workers w/ suitcases & waiting. 17:29:20 Luggage loaded up gangplank from barge. Men boarding docked ship. Intercut w/ scenes of workers. Ferry leaving dock, out to ship. Workers walk onto dock w/ shore garden in background; into ferrying boat. Small boats & POV from boat; men in suits on ties on board. Boarding ship. 17:34:13 Workers outside building w/ luggage. On board ship; passing naval ship at anchor. More boarding - waving as leaving. Petroleum; Middle East; 1950s; Cold War; Economics;

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