| HARRIMAN IN PERSIA Averell Harriman tries to sort out Iranian oil crisis - A fire burns in the oil fields. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5694 |
| Catalog #: | 35846 | |
| Clip Number: | 35846-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 51/60 | |
| Timecode: | 01:32:14 - 01:34:47 | |
| Location: | Iran | |
| Year Shot: | 1951 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Fires INDUSTRY/POWER & ENERGY: Oil INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Diplomacy LOCATIONS/MIDDLE EAST: Iran (Persia) PERSONALITIES: Harriman, Averill PERSONALITIES: Mosaddeq, Mohammed (Mosaddegh or Mossadegh) | |
| Description: | Harriman In Persia. Averell Harriman tries to sort out Iranian oil crisis - A fire burns in the oil fields. Persia / Iran. MV American roving ambassador and national security adviser Averell Harriman (William Averell Harriman) arriving in Tehran and greeting US Ambassador Henry Grady. CU Harriman, SV Harriman, Grady and Iranian dignitary. MV Flag flying. SV Harriman arriving at Shah's home. CU Harriman meeting Shah of Iran (Mohammed Reza Pahlevi). CU Harriman, Shah and Grady. GV Communist Demonstrations outside British Embassy. VS discussions inside Iranian Parliament. LV Oil well blazing furiously. Firemen advancing behind barricade. MV English and Persian volunteers playing hoses on flames from behind barricades. SV Experts watching. MV Volunteers playing water onto flames. MV Dynamite being rushed up. CU Experts directing operations. MV Flames. LV First explosion to remove horizontal flame. CU Fireman shielding eyes from glare. LV Pan flames and steel drill pipe flying through air. SV Workers sprayed with hoses preparing next explosion. LV Charge being sprayed pan up flame. LV Explosion. Debris flying through air. SV Experts watching. CU Gas belching from earth. MV Pan workers surrounding jets of gas. MV Mr. Averell Harriman at President Mossadeq's home. CU Harriman and Mossadeq. SV Harriman and Mossadeq and experts sitting down. CU Harriman and Mossadeq. | |
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