Watch The Meeting of President Taft and President Díaz at El Paso, Texas Full Series Streaming

  Free Download The Meeting of President Taft and President Díaz at El Paso, Texas 720p 6,647 Kb/s
  HD - The Meeting of President Taft and President Díaz at El Paso, Texas HD 4,184 Kb/s
  The Meeting of President Taft and President Díaz at El Paso, Texas Full Full HD 7,993 Kb/s
The Meeting of President Taft and President Díaz at El Paso, Texas
3.167/10 by 3 users
Title:The Meeting of President Taft and President Díaz at El Paso, Texas
Release: 1909-10-16
Runtime: 4 min.
Genre: Documentary, History
Stars: Porfirio Díaz, William Howard Taft
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.