US and Mexico Celebrate End of Chamizal Dispute (1967)

Описание: By 1873, the Rio Grande had moved approximately 600 acres, effectively consigning previously Mexican territory to the United States. Anglo American settlers incorporated the land—known as El Chamizal—as part of El Paso. Mexico claimed ownership in 1895, and a decades-long controversy ensued. In 1963, President John F. Kennedy elected to resolve the matter largely on the terms of an earlier IBWC recommendation to split the territory in half. Mexico accepted, and payment and land appropriation began. The American–Mexican Chamizal Convention Act of 1964 legally settled the issue. After building a man-made channel to prevent the Rio Grande from calling the boundary into question again, Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Gustavo Díaz Ordaz met on the border in 1967 to officially announce and celebrate the end of the dispute. This silent home movie documents many of the day's events, including the presidents' welcome in El Paso and the parade in Ciudad Juárez.

Watch the full video at: https://tinyurl.com/24d3uxm4
Explore the web exhibit, La Frontera Fluida, at: https://tinyurl.com/4wre6jfu
Contributed to the Texas Moving Image Archive Program by Richard Avena, Linda Wilson, and Rebecca Avena.