DocumentaryHistory
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.
Production
Hermanos Alva
Cast & Characters
Porfirio Díaz
self
William Howard Taft
self
Directors & Crew
G
Guillermo Alva
Director
E
Eduardo Alva
Director
S
Salvador Alva
Director
C
Carlos Alva
Director
