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Go to HomepageReel Number: 220701-04
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1951
Country: Iran
Location: Abadan
TC Begins: 17:19:36
TC Ends: 17:28:30
Duration: 00:08:54
1951 - Oil Crisis in Iran, Harriman & British Negotiator Tour Refinery BOAC plane taxis on landing & British negotiator off & met at plane by unid. tall man in white suit. Walks into airport. 17:20:44 Harriman arrives on C-121 Lockheed Constellation, USAF plane, greeted, walks off tarmac. To cars & touring brick housing / offices w/ British negotiator. 17:21:41 Harriman & others tour refinery. 17:22:57 British negotiator w/ Iranian; Harriman w/ same Iranian On tower overlooking storage tanks. 17:24:01 Men closing (?) pipeline valves. Sign: Gas Oil Pump House - machinery slowly to stop. Men walking out & shots of pipes. 17:27:26 View along empty road beside pipes. Panning shots over refinery. Port & tankers at anchor. Petroleum; Middle East; 1950s; Cold War; Economics;