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Go to HomepageReel Number: 221668-07
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1944,
Country: Iran
Location: Teheran,Tehran
TC Begins: 20:45:32
TC Ends: 20:52:05
Duration: 00:06:33
Iran Road Construction for USA - USSR Lend-Lease, Railroad Activity, Camel Caravan, 1944 (?) American soldier operating large steam shovel, moving rock & dirt. Bulldozer & road-grader moving dirt for roadbed. Iranians running air powered jack hammers; US civilian foreman. 20:46:53 Army truck pulling road sweeper as Iranian children follow - much dust. 20:47:23 Iranian men picking rocks out of roadbed under construction. Army truck convoy up road in deep canyon & into tunnel. 20:47:47 Snowstorm, trucks thru blizzard moving slowly & close together. 20:48:23 Cars & trucks ruby on road w/ blowing dust (could be snow). Night & trucks moving w/ lights reflected from water & mud puddles. 20:49:06 LS from hillside of Teheran (?) / Tehran (?) w/ railyard below on edge of city. Shot from railway platform as steam engine pulls train into station. Civilians & military on platform. People handing goods in thru window. Furniture, large bundles, etc on platform. 20:50:08 Train taking on water from standpipe w/ GI supervising. Passenger trains across countryside. 20:51:05 Slate. Train around mountain edge pulling freight cars. 20:51:26 Camel caravan past, seen from above. Good desert scene. MCU WWII; WW2 Supplies; Highway Construction; 1940s;