+"Buenos Aires Argentina" +1928 stock footage and images

Visit by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover to Argentina in 1928, and 1929 scenes of Puerto Nuevo on La Plata River in Argentina.

Herbert Hoover visits Argentina during his tenure as Secretary of Commerce. The secretary, later President Herbert Hoover, walks beside President Hipólito Yrigoyen, surrounded by other officials. A year later, visiting delegates from the Second Pan American Highway Congress are seen walking toward the entrance of the President's home to pay respects to President Yrigoyen. Christopher Columbus monuments behind the Casa Rosada (Casa de Gobierno, Balcarce 78, C1064 Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina) in Buenos Aires. Scene changes to the Puerto Nuevo port on La Plata River. Electric cranes and lighting equipment at shipyard. Crane transfers goods from docks to waiting ships. Ships docked at harbor. Horses take rest. The "Frigorifico La Negra" refrigerating plant for chilling and freezing meats, and a Wool warehouse.