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Coup 53

Even though, Iran was technically not part of the empire it had been dominated for so long...

Even though, Iran was technically not part of the empire it had been dominated for so long by British commercial interest that it had to be included as one of the featured programs

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Even though, Iran was technically not part of the empire
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it had been dominated for so long by British commercial interest
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that it had to be included as one of the featured programs.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:36
Uploaded
Jun 13, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Amirani Media

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Movie Summary

Theatrical feature documentary on the story of Operation Ajax, the CIA/MI6 staged coup in 1953 in Iran that overthrew Prime Minister Mossadegh.
What you see here are the researched notes and transcripts and interview notes - Coup 53 00:16
What you see here are the researched notes and transcripts...
Who knows what combing through these papers will throw out for us - Coup 53 00:05
Who knows what combing through these papers will throw out...
These words of these people have not been heard or seen for over thirty-four years. - Coup 53 00:08
These words of these people have not been heard or seen for...
These look like actual working copies of transcripts - Coup 53 00:18
These look like actual working copies of transcripts
Darbyshire tapes - Coup 53 00:06
Darbyshire tapes
Sure, yeah. He is named in the Wilber history - Coup 53 00:10
Sure, yeah. He is named in the Wilber history
They have used quite a bit of him because there is so many - Coup 53 00:07
They have used quite a bit of him because there is so many
But I do not recall watching End of Empire - Coup 53 00:08
But I do not recall watching End of Empire
Excellent! If we want the coup in detail and even if not - Coup 53 00:20
Excellent! If we want the coup in detail and even if not
In a remarkable stroke of luck - Coup 53 00:17
In a remarkable stroke of luck
Thirty-six cans of film - Coup 53 00:09
Thirty-six cans of film
We have Digitized the entire collection of End of Empire given to us by the BFI - Coup 53 00:09
We have Digitized the entire collection of End of Empire...
This is End of Empires' cast list - Coup 53 00:11
This is End of Empires' cast list
Darbyshire features here - Coup 53 00:39
Darbyshire features here
And he died on the seventeenth of June 1993 - Coup 53 00:10
And he died on the seventeenth of June 1993
We found his can of film - Coup 53 00:06
We found his can of film
Stephen Meade on Iran - Coup 53 00:13
Stephen Meade on Iran
Your British counter part was in fact blank - Coup 53 00:12
Your British counter part was in fact blank
Well, I did not know him at all before I met him - Coup 53 00:06
Well, I did not know him at all before I met him
Darbyshire has been wiped out - Coup 53 00:06
Darbyshire has been wiped out