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Go to HomepageReel Number: 221403-16
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL and SD
Year / Date: 1951
Country: Iran,USA
Location: Tehran,United Nations
TC Begins: 04:50:30
TC Ends: 04:55:48
Duration: 00:05:18
UN Meeting On Iran; Shah Wedding; Iran Votes To Seize British Oil MS Byrnes entering w/ others; Stettiniius enters. ?? at desk. Gromyko at desk wipes glasses. ?? at desk. MCU Byrnes & Stettiniius. Others in MS observing. 04:50:56 LS of Secruity Council meeting. 04:51:01 Sd. (Russian) MS Gromyko speaking. 04:51:36 Oriental chairing meeting. Cutaways. Voting. 04:52:04 Byrnes speaking: “..give them a chance to be heard; after we’ve heard them, after we’ve heard the representative of the Iranian government speaking for his government; if his statement does not appeal to us then we can postpone, but to postpone w/o giving them the chance to be heard would be a violation of the spirit of the charter.” 04:52:27 Gromyko & others of USSR delegation get up & walk out. 04:53:00 Iran representative comes in & sits down. MCU. Speaks in English about Iran has most to lose & USSR most to gain, asks Iranian situation to be taken up. 04:54:25 Title: Shah of Iran: Wedding of The Year Si. 12Feb51 Soraya Esfandiary at ceremony, walking down aisle, w/ VIPs etc. Reza Pahlavi At dinner. 04:55:02 Title: Iran Votes To Seize Vast British Oil Fields Sd. Aerial of Abadan oil refinery. Mountains; highway & trucks carrying large pipes; workers at Abadan Island refinery. 1950s; Petroleum; Royalty;