Locust Plague

While working in Iran as a still photographer, Irvin Kershner one day got a call from the American embassy who said "Can you send a cameraman with a little film down to Abadan, there's a locust plague that's coming across from Arabia and its eating up everything. I want some film to show this.". So Kershner took his still tripod, contacts, a Kodak Cine Special 16mm Camera, 400ft of color film, and was put on a plane to Abadan just when they threw out the British from the oil companies. Kershner was left stuck in Abadan, it was a mess as mobs where running through the streets, machine guns could be heard in the distance, and there was a terrible heat to go with it all. One night, Kershner and a British cameraman stole a jeep and drove out, following the pipe line as they went looking for where the locusts were. After 3 days, Kershner and the cameraman found them and filmed them. It was the first film that Kershner ever shot.