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OIL / PETROLEUM FOOTAGE IN THE MIDDLE EAST(sorted by country)
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Iran - Oil

LN 400-288 13:57:48 - 14:08:16 1946 USA B/W SD Petroleum
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films - World Energy Resources Series [Erpi announcer]
INCLUDING: 14:05:10 - 14:06:58 Map of world showing how yearly production of petroleum would encircle earth almost four times if put in rail wagons - world petroleum producing fields located - Eastern Hemisphere Netherlands East Indies, Russia, Romania, Iraq, Iran, oil reserves in Persian Gulf. Western Hemisphere - Caribbean coast of South America, US. VO re unequal distribution - Western Europe dependant on other countries.

220685 01:23:56 - 01:31:31 1947 Egypt; Iran B/W SIL Search for Oil in Iran
Desert; river boat / paddle steamer on Nile. Mosques, burros & Arabs through streets. Smoking hooka, working leather, street scene. Desert canyons & valley w/ pack stream. Camels along rocky valley. European man w/ pipe on horseback posing for camera. Rides off. Bubbling oil dipped into skings. Building outpost w/ stones. Digging well by hand. Assembling drilling tower. Drilling pipe. Surveying. Pulling pipe. CU of letter. Sun, drilling. Dust. Smoke at well. Letter re striking oil in Iran. Camel caravan. Archaeological remains / carvings. Fire burning off oil by base of well.

220604 01:03:24 - 01:12:19 1951 Iran / Persia b/w Si British at Iran Oil Field
BOAC prop aircraft landing on desert airstrip. British politician ? in white suit of plane and greeted. Second plane lands - US Air Force plane ? Averill Harriman ? out of aircraft and greeted. Harriman and British party pose for cameras - tour of oil installations (Abadan?). Iranian VIP with party pointing out things over oil fields. Workers opening up pipelines - storage tanks - oil pump house. Oil installations. Dock area

220604 01:00:10 - 01:01:58 1951 Persia / Iran B/w Sd Persia and the Oilfields - pan over desert - oil drilling rigs of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. Construction of oil refinery. Benefits of oil money - bridges - farmer driving sheep over bridge - brick houses under construction - school, Persian children educated for the first time - interior classroom - adult education as students taught about oil technology - workshops. Abadan oil refinery and pipeline stretching across desert. Oil bubbling up - power plants - oil tankers in docks Umaria - British Guardsman - British Virtue. Tanker leaving port.

220604 01:19:05 - 01:20:58 1951 USA b/w Sd UN meeting on Iran
Pan round meeting CUs of delegate from United Kingdom. Man calls Security Council to order. British delegate Sir Gladwyn Jebb says his government wants to bring to the attention of the Security Council the dispute re removal of Anglo-Iranian Oil Company concessions. Russian ? delegate speaks. French delegate. Voice says Russians have protested.

220604 01:24:18 - 01:27:32 1951 USA b/w Si UN meeting re Iran
Various shots conference room - observers / press listening with headphones. Arrival delegates. Security Council in session - shots various delegates - Sir Gladwyn Jebb UK representative speaking -
01:26:47 Mossadegh speaking ( mos ) . Flags flying outside United Nations.

220604 01:39:25 - 01:40:30 1951 USA b/w Si UN Meeting re Iranian Oil.
US representative and ? in discussion. Interior Security Council chamber . Mossadegh takes his seat. Shots of room.
United Nations

220604 01:44:03 - 01:45:20 1951 USA b/w Sd UN Meeting re Iranian Oil
Wide shot security council room. Arrival Mossadegh. Mossadegh speaking over shots UK rep Sir Gladwyn Jebb. Mossadegh reading from paper in French. Jebb speaking says he hopes new provisional scheme will allow flow of oil to be resumed. Mossadegh listening intently through headphones.
United Nations

221085 11:36:59 - 11:39:13 1951 01/07/1951 Iran B/W SIL [Iran Oil Dispute Meeting w/ Harriman]
Large picnic table under trees outside country house - politicians meet for a signing or negotiating. MCUs Averell Harriman. Mossadegh ? Arrival of two men in suits and hats [dark suit is Harriman]. Talk to reporters. Police & VIPs touring, shaking hands. British man boards BOAC plane.

221403 04:50:30 - 04:55:48 1951 UN; Iran B/W SD/SIL [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.

220508 23:57:32 – 23:59:18 1951 Sd b/w Crisis in Iran - Nationalists Seize British Oil Fields
Oil refinery. Map of middle east. Demonstrators on trucks - demonstrators in Abadan and Iranians take over the British Petroleum Company Offices - tearing down signs and raising Iranian flag. Demonstrators jubilant. Printing office in Abadan - British Publisher barred from entering - Iranians enter office. British cruiser HMS Mauritius anchored in port. Refinery closed down, valves shut. Women and children evacuated by air. Person on stretcher carried up aircraft steps. Huge crowds gathered.

220701 17:00:13 - 17:09:25 1951 Iran B/W Si Oil Crisis in Iran - Riots
Demonstrators on trucks - demonstrators in Abadan - Iranians take over the British Petroleum Company Offices - tearing down signs and raising Iranian flag. Demonstrators jubilant. Printing office in Abadan - British Publisher barred from entering . British cruiser HMS Mauritius anchored in port. Refinery closed down, valves shut. Women and children evacuated by air. Person on stretcher carried up aircraft steps. Huge crowds gathered. Demonstrators on streets.
17.02.01 British? women leaving - boarding aircraft with children. People waving them off. BOAC plane. Iranians? boarding TWA plane. Stretcher loaded onto plane. Newspaper The Daily News, headline scratched out. Men in room going through papers, one at typewriter - reporters? British naval ship at anchor.
Valves closed on oil pipelines. Large crowds - demonstration. Many shots repeated.

220701 17:28:47 - 17:34:53 1951 Iran B/W Si Oil Crisis in Iran Oil Crisis in Iran  -  British oil workers being evacuated by Royal Navy - boarding ship. Courtyard crowded with workers and suitcases.  Ferry carrying them out to ship.  On board ship - passing naval ship at anchor.  More boarding - waving as leaving.

220746 06:29:25 - 06:39:01 1951 Iran B/W SIL Crisis in Iran
Exterior large building in mountains, Shah of Iran enters luxurious office and takes seat at desk. Closer shots Shah dealing with paperwork. Shah talks with man in office.
06:32:33 Gardens of palace, leopard cub chained up. Shah and wife exit building with four dogs. Dog playing with cub. Shah and wife take drinks in gardens. Good CUs Shah and Wife. Rolls Royce car parked. Rolls driven out of gates. Royal flag flying.
06:35:44 Oil drilling rig in operation. Close shots natives with drill.

221402 02:14:43 - 02:27:11 1973c COL SD [Iran] Pt. 1 of 2 INCLUDING: Gas pump into car, counting money; many bills passed from bank window & put into briefcase. Molten ore flowing. 02:15:07 Montage: Man knotting finely patterened rug be hand; crowded traffic in telephoto shot. 02:15:22 Aerial over oil wells, refinery, storage tanks in desert & along coast w/ tank at dock; pipelines out to ships; and brief view from boat on water. More aerials. 02:16:46 AND: 02:20:43 MCU Reza Shah Pahlavi. Sd (French) w/ translation. “We have a Capitalist system here, if you accept what is not Communist is Capitalist. All wealth has been Nationalized, all natural resources such as the forest, the water, the steel & the oil industries....all major industrial companies have been..advised to open their accounts to the public...who will own 49% soon.” 02:21:28

221402 02:27:11 - 02:40:43 1973c Iran COL SD [Iran] Pt. 2 of 2 INCLUDING: 02:38:38 Oil refinery seen from ship on water. Map w/ oil shipping routes. 02:39:05 Shah: “Our oil policy is a very independent & agressive one; we want to do everything we can to bring its benefits to the people of our country, to establish industries in the interior of Iran using the by-products of oil...we don’t have Iraq’s problems.” Shots of refinery, pipelines. Guard w/ rifle next to storage tank.

Kuwait Oil

220510 01:22:19 – 01:22:55 1962 ? Si b/w Kuwait - Aramco
Officials looking at large wall map / exhibit re the Arabian American Oil Company. Sign - Welcome to Kuwait Oil Company Limited. Model of oil installations. Model of oil rig moving. Iraq Oil

220515 08.40.00 - 08.46.18 1952 Si b/w Basra Iraq, Middle-East Basra Oil Fields
Jan 1952
Cars by roundabout in Iraqi city, policeman directs traffic.
Houses under construction in desert, workers sifting gravel.
Water extracted by contraption with donkeys pulling.
Big gathering in warehouse with European dignitaries and wives in fur coats, board plane.
Oil field with tower. Pipelines. Iraqi men in drilling unit at work. Many good and detailed shots of pipelines, containers , machinery and extraction process.
08.44.39: Ship at dock with bunting. Town with mosque in bg, river with long oars boats lined up, bridge with busy pedestrian traffic.
European dignitaries walk past.

General Middle East

221213 10:56:14 - 11:06:37 1971 B/W Sd Echo (Eko, Eco, Ekxn) re: Petroleum NYC street scenes & tilt up skyscrapers of Rockefeller Center (?); buses past in rain. Intersection w/ pedestrians crossing w/ umbrellas. 10:56:45 Desert w/ nomad tents, goats grazing on scarce food. 10:57:20 Main title Echo w/ scenes of interstate highway behind. Freeway w/ cars, trucks from moving cars. Aerial over city w/ heavy traffic. Map of Mediterranean & moving into Saudi Arabia (?) Five Pipelines across desert. Refinery pipes, storage tanks. Men working & men working on construction in heat. Huge metal working, welding, moving drilling derrick. 11:00:26 Drilling platform from air w/ barge tied to it. Helicopter landing on platform. Drilling bit lowered into casing & gears moving. 11:01:27 Man at service station putting gas into car in England. CU of cost on pump as tank is filled. 11:02:36 Small boats on water w/ Arabs & city behind. Walking past camera as they get off boat. Arabs driving Mercedes car, Land Rovers & others thru city & pedestrians walking on narrow streets. People opening shop window gates. Products seen. Hennessy bottle. Pan over large apartment building, POV from car past. Modern architecture. water bubbling out of fountain, out of pipe. Farms alongside desert, canal flowing. 11:04:50 Nurse giving baby a shot in house. in Kuwait. Giving another child medicine. Men listening to lecture. 11:05:40 Machine counting Dubai currency. man behind bank window. High angle over small desert town & Moslem muezzin calling faithful to prayer. Pan over city on gulf.

220726 07:37:48 - 07:59:44 9 Aug90 SD COL Press Conference on Middle East Situation in Press Room -
Re Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and US sending troops to Saudi Arabia
Bush doesn’t / can’t reply re troops numbers sent to Saudi. Troops only on defensive mission. Doesn’t know for how long.
Re other nations involved - Britain; Egypt; Morocco. Re Americans choosing to leave Saudi.
07:41:33 re Chemical weapons being used on US troops. Rumour re Saddam Hussein being dead.
Re Saudis cutting off pipelines & oil situation.
Presence of reporters in Saudi & whether to send Pentagon pool.
07:44:20 re King Fahd’s request for support. Soviet’s response.
Re whether to use more than economic sanctions. Possibility of Arab component in Force.
Re American hostages???
Re how economic sanctions will affect Saddam regime.
Not preparing for long ground war; military objective is defence of Saudi Arabia and overall objective is that Iraq leaves Kuwait.
07:50:22 re attempts to improve relations with Saddam Hussein.
Reporter questions adequacy of intelligence and Bush defends it saying move was too swift to foresee.
Re cost of intervention.
Re Vulnerability of oil fields in Middle East. Budget agreement; risk of oil prices rise.
07:56:54 re teaching Saddam Hussein to behave well in future.
Re embargo to be all-encompassing.

220727 08:30:11 - 08:40:21 29Jan91 SD President Bush’s State of the Union Address - Part 4 of 5
(entire speech)
08:30:11 Tribute to servicemen in the Persian Gulf. Standing long ovation. Mentions negotiations to avoid conflict with Iraq; & Saddam Hussein having rejected diplomacy; report on current situation in Gulf & purpose of action.
08:37:40 re control of oil resources & American public opinion - dissent. Applause.
08:38:54 Commitment to strong defense. Patriot missile defense to missiles; SDI program to be refocused. We also have many more items which you can preview on VHS, but for which we would require 4-5 weeks to obtain masters. So if your timetable allows - please con

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