Riots and evacuation of British citizens as Iran seizes control of the world's largest oil refinery, the AIOC
Title: "Iran: Showdown Nears in Oil Crisis!" superimposed over rioters outside the AIOC (Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, changed name from the Anglo-Persian Oil in 1935, in 1954 renamed the British Petroleum Company) / WS rioters outside and on rooftop of the AIOC in Abadan / VS Iranians hoisting Iranian flag on rooftop / Pan from flag to protesters below applauding / Hossein Makki, Iranian government member of the temporary board of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, talks to crowds below / VS protesters / high angle protesters lifting Makki on shoulders / protesters / British James McWhinnie, senior operator in cracking area of Abadan refinery, shows worker how to close off valve / British William Dickson, assistant operator in cracking area, closing valve / McWhinnie and Persian worker turning valve / British cruiser HMS Mauritius lying off coast near the refinery, British flag flying from prow, smokestacks in bkgd / VS Mauritius / VS British women and children boarding airplane for evacuation / MS British hospital patient carried on stretcher / BOAC plane taxiing // In Tehran rioters tearing down AIOC sign from bldg / British office signs carried on rioters shoulders / low angle Pan tilted up of people cheering on rooftop with Iranian flags / VS rioters in street and carrying torn down sign / Note: exact day not known
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Editorial #:
1443885372
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
June 01, 1951
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:01:12:11
Location:
Abadan, Iran
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr005305_01_03
- Iran,
- Crude Oil,
- Flag,
- Government,
- Office,
- 1950-1959,
- Abadan Refinery,
- Above,
- Accuracy,
- Adult,
- Air Valve,
- Airplane,
- All Middle Eastern Flags,
- Applauding,
- Archival,
- Assistant,
- Black And White,
- British Airways,
- British Flag,
- Carrying,
- Carrying On Shoulders,
- Cheering,
- Child,
- Close To,
- Closing,
- Composite Image,
- Confiscated,
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- Cracked,
- Crowd of People,
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- Evacuation,
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- Nautical Vessel,
- Newsreel,
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- Organized Group,
- Outdoors,
- Patient,
- Patriotism,
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- Politics and Government,
- Produced Segment,
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- Refinery,
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- Ship,
- Ship's Bow,
- Showing,
- Sign,
- Smoke Stack,
- Speech,
- Street,
- Stretcher,
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- Tehran,
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- UK,
- Video with Sound,
- Women,