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Go to HomepageReel Number: 220701-03
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1951
Country: Iran
Location: Tehran
TC Begins: 17:12:58
TC Ends: 17:19:19
Duration: 00:06:21
1951 - Oil Crisis in Iran, Harriman, Amb. Grady, Shah, Mosaddegh; Demonstrators USAF C-121 Lockheed Constellation plane taxiing, negotiator W. Averell Harriman met off plane by Ambassador Grady & others. Press gathered round Harriman, speaking (MOS). 17:13:55 Harriman & others walk across palace garden. Int. Harriman w/ ?? (not Mosaddegh); walking across grounds followed by Grady & ???. Past US flag on pole outside embassy?. 17:15:15 Frustrated news cameraman. 17:15:19 Demonstrators marching on street slowly w/ banners & flags, many students. Placards w/ caricatures of men breaking loose from chains. High angle of riot police on horses breaking up demonstration, running protestors. Demonstration marchers, army trucks, police. 17:17:32 Int. Harriman & wife w/ ??. 17:17:42 Ext. MS Harriman & Amb. Grady. 17:17:42 MS protestors w/ placard of worker stepping on Uncle Sam, & banner. GOOD. 17:17:52 Harriman & others leaving building; up steps w/ large statue of sphinx in background, hand shake. Flag. 17:18:08 Int. Shaking hands w/ Shah of Iran (Mohammed Reza Pahlavi ). MS Harriman, Grady & Shah pose 17:18:17 Harriman seated w/ Prime Minister Mosaddegh, translator, still photographers. 17:18:29 Rioters on streets; on lawn of Embassy w/ Grady. 17:18:45 Demonstrators in street. Petroleum; Middle East;1950s; Cold War; Economics; Royalty; Rioters;