The Queen and the coup
Type
Label
The Queen and the coup
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
NRC
Main title
The Queen and the coup
Medium
electronic resource
Runtime
60
Summary
Feb 1953 - the first anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. Little does she know she is about to be deployed in a secret plot to topple Iran's democratic leader in favor of an all-powerful Shah. Planned by MI6 and executed by the C.I.A., the coup that follows destroys relations between Iran and the West. Using newly declassified documents this film unravels this secret for the first time
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Contributor
Subject
- Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Iran
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Iran -- History -- Coup d'état, 1953
- Iran -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
- II, Elizabeth, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1919-1980
Content
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor5
- Genre1
- Subject8
- Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Iran
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Iran -- History -- Coup d'état, 1953
- Iran -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
- II, Elizabeth, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1919-1980
- Content1
- resource.commentator2
- resource.filmdirector1
- resource.filmproducer1
- Narrator1
- resource.screenwriter1