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The Meeting of President Taft and President Díaz at El Paso, Texas
3.2 Documentary History

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The Meeting of President Taft and President Díaz at El Paso, Texas

The Meeting of President Taft and President Díaz at El Paso, Texas

IMDb 3.2 1909

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.

Genres
Documentary , History
Released 1909-10-16
Director
Guillermo Alva , Salvador Alva
Studio
Hermanos Alva
Cast
Porfirio Díaz , William Howard Taft