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

1909, Spanish. Directed by Guillermo Alva & Salvador Alva & Eduardo Alva & Carlos Alva.

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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16 October 1909
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La entrevista de los presidentes Díaz-Taft
mexicopresidentmeetingmilitarydiplomacynews reelrestorationearly cinemasilent cinemaunited states of america (usa)

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The Meeting of President Taft and President Díaz at El Paso, Texas (1909) was directed by Guillermo Alva and Salvador Alva and Eduardo Alva and Carlos Alva and stars Porfirio Díaz, William Howard Taft.

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