The Meeting of President Taft and President Díaz at El Paso, Texas
(1909)
October 16, 1909
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Documentary, History
• 4m
Overview
The first meeting of a U.S. president and a Mexican president took place when William Howard Taft met Porfirio Díaz on 16 October 1909, in El Paso. The meeting was celebrated in both El Paso and Juárez with parades, elaborate receptions, lavish gifts and large crowds. Shot by the pioneers of Mexican Cinema the brothers Alva. This is a typical example of newsreel material prior to the Mexican revolution. By hemerographical references we know that this footage was presented to the then president of Mexico General Porfirio Díaz in the Castle of Chapultepec, then residence of the president.
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Salvador Alva, Guillermo Alva, Eduardo Alva, Carlos Alva
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Porfirio Díaz
Keywords
mexico
president
meeting
military
diplomacy
news reel
restoration
early cinema
silent cinema
united states of america (usa)
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