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1941 IRAN provides nearest route as Britain rushes all aid to Russia
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1:56Now PlayingDate: 20th November 1941
Location: BANDAR-i-SHAPUR, PERSIA
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
IRAN (PERSIA): Bandar Shahpur:
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PAN across narrow river port towards town, native boats moving along water and stationary at quayside
Large ships at quayside PAN to seaplane arriving
Seaplane landing on water with name 'CLIFTON' on side
Indian trooops and boats-on quayside
Troops down gangway
Troops marching alongside
'Chevrolet' and 'Ford' cases from USA
Close ups of 'U.S.S.R.' on crate
Dockside
Supplies being lowered by crane from boat at dockside
Iranian man putting box on back
Iranian man carrying box on back
Bales from Bombay being unloaded
Bales with "Bombay" on them
Various of workers unloading barrels of nails from U.S.A.
Mass of crates on quayside
Close up of case marked 'Britain Delivers the Goods' with Union Jack
Men carrying and unloading supplies on dockside
Gurkha soldier holding knife
Railway truck being unloaded
Local men (natives) looking up
PAN of railway sleepers stacked on trucks and quayside
Worker drops railway sleepers from his back on to truck
Train PAN to engine being shunted
Engine joining up with coaches
Driver in cabin PAN to inscription in Persian on engine
Iranian man oiling train with oil can
Man with oil can
Inscription on side of coach PAN to military transport engineers boarding train to make survey of line between the Gulf and the Caspian Sea
Engineers boarding train
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