Persia before Khomeini - The history of Iran in 15 minutes of perfectly restored film material

This documentary has been re-edited out from CHRONOS-documentaries "The Heirs of Cyrus the Great" (1974), "Politics of Oil" (1980) and super-8 home movies by Irmgard and Bengt von zur Mühlen. Watch the full documentary here:    • Iran under the Pahlavi Dynasty - The ...  
Since the 1960s filmmaker-couple Irmgard and Bengt von zur Mühlen have been producing and directing documentaries about history and the countries of this world. Many of the more than five hundred films from the CHRONOS-company received international recognition (e.g. two Oscar nominations).

0:05 Tehran Mehrabad Airport
0:28 Iran in 1974 - a dynamic state with a thriving capital
1:09 Coronation of the Shahanshah (Mohammad Reza Pahlavi) and Farah, Oct 26th 1967
1:42 3rd International Film Festival Tehran, Nov 24th 1973
2:03 Tehran, Nov-Dec 1973
2:13 Ruins of Persepolis
2:22 Celebration of the Persian Empire, Oct 12th-16th 1971
4:25 Imam Mosque - Esfahan, Nov 29th 1973
5:08 Tschehel Sotun - Esfahan, Nov 29th 1973
6:30 The Shah toghether with Sadat observing military maneuvers
6:58 Persian coup d'état, Feb 21st 1921
7:20 Overthrow of the Quarar Dynasty, Dec 15th 1925
7:50 King of Afghanistan pays the first state visit to the newly born Iran (1928)
7:56 State visit to Turkey with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 1934
8:12 Crown Prince Mohammed Reza Wedding, Mar 15th 1939
8:31 Declaration of the Atlantic Charter, Aug 14th 1941
8:44 Operation Countenance, Aug 25th-31st 1941
9:00 Occupation by British and Russian Troups, forced abdication, Sep 16th 1941
9:46 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi becomes the new Shah
9:54 Tehran in 1943
10:02 Tehran Conference, Nov 22nd-26th 1943
10:41 Last troups leave Iran, May 1946
10:45 Mohammad Reza Shah at the London Olympic Opening Ceremony in 1948
10:54 First Assassination Attempt on the Shah, Feb 4th 1949
11:06 Shah speech at the UN, Nov 21st 1949
12:05 Iran Oil Nationalization Agreement, Mar 17th 1951
12:19 Diplomat Averall Harriman, Jul 15th 1951
12:48 US CIA Project Tpajax
12:57 Iranian Coup d'état, Aug 19th 1953
13:18 State visit to Germany, Feb 23rd 1955
13:37 Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, Shabanu 1951-1958
13:51 State visit to Britain, May 8th 1959
13:59 Wedding with Farah Diba, Dec 21st 1959
14:06 Birth of Cyrus Reza, Oct 31st 1960
14:30 Iranian Revolution 1977-1979
15:12 The Shah leaves for exile, Jan 16th 1979

All images haven been scanned in high-definition resolution and then restored with artificial intelligence software.

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