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Iran Seizes Oil Fields Owned By British
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keywords: international news, iran, nationalization, oil fields seized
Synopsis: Nationalists in Iran seize the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and its oil fields from British control with UK Government refusing to accept the seizure throwing the situation into crisis...(read more)
- Date: 1951
- Duration: 00:01:46
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Iran















Iran Seizes Oil Fields Owned By British
Late news films from oil-troubled Iran, where the seizure of the British Anglo-Iranian Oil Company AIOC has brought the world close to war. With the company nationalized by Iran, and the British refusing to accept the seizure, hopes are held for a last-minute peaceful settlement of a thorny question
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- Newsreels: 1951 - July 5