poster movie

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

4 average rating
4
No Language / 4 MIN. / 1909

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Porfirio DíazWilliam Howard Taft

Recommended

Movies

poster movie

Saw IV

6.2 average rating
poster movie

Muppets Most Wanted

6.3 average rating
poster movie

Transporter 3

6.15 average rating
poster movie

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2

7.915 average rating
poster movie

The Usual Suspects

8.2 average rating
poster movie

Ip Man 2

7.5 average rating
poster movie

Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens

4.5 average rating
poster movie

Saw II

6.6 average rating
poster movie

Psycho

8.4 average rating
poster movie

Main Krishna Hoon

6.613 average rating
poster movie

The Chronicles of Riddick

6.527 average rating
poster movie

Paranormal Activity 3

5.9 average rating
poster movie

Planet Terror

6.677 average rating
poster movie

Hannibal Brooks

6.4 average rating
poster movie

Saw III

6.4 average rating
poster movie

2010

6.654 average rating
poster movie

Chak De! India

7.2 average rating
poster movie

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

7.8 average rating
poster movie

Return to House on Haunted Hill

5.4 average rating
poster movie

Act of Valor

6.488 average rating