Automobile drivers protest against high gasoline tax in Mexico City, Mexico. Large crowd of strikers march on street to protest against hike in gasoline tax. Official looks from the Palace building. Police officials on horse back patrol on streets.
View of women walking in shanty village in Mexico City. Petroleos Mexicanos service station at crossroads. View of a highway road on the outskirts of Mexico City, a car makes a turn to the highway. A woman crosses the highway. Cars, from different brands such as Chevrolet and Packard, enters the highway. Pedestrians near the Mexican highway. A poster advertising Spur Cola below the words “La Gran Sinagoga”. A horse drawn Calesa in Mexican highway.
Aerial view of Mexico City and a large crowd awaits the royal family of Netherlands. President Lopez Portillo welcomes Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. President Portillo shake hands with Prince Bernhard. Cheering crowd and a band of musicians in the background. The royal family and other dignitaries accompany and walk towards the official cars. The procession of dignitaries in cars moves on the crowded streets. Mexican guards in motorcycles in convoy with the Dutch royal family. Confetti falling from buildings during motorcade for the Dutch royal family in Mexico City. The Mexican people wildly cheer their guests holding welcome banners in Dutch and Spanish. People gathered outside the National Palace (P.za de la Constitución S/N, Centro Histórico de la Cdad. de México, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06066 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico) in Mexico City. Queen Juliana along with her daughter Princess Beatrix and Prince Bernhard visits several historical places such as the Teotihuacan pyramid (Teotihuacán, State of Mexico, Mexico).
Several glowing neon advertisement signs of leading companies at night time on the streets of Mexico City. Some of the signs seen include 'Wells Fargo & Co. Express' , 'Pan American Airways', 'Vogue', 'Philips Radio', 'Bette Davis en Jezabel', 'Westinghouse Casa Edison', 'Remington Rand', 'Agencia Philco', 'Sunshine Special Missouri Pacific Lines', 'La Opera Hennessey', 'Ladies' Entrance Bar', 'Old Schenley', 'Sparton', 'Articulos Electrico Universal', 'Ford', 'Frigidaire General Motors', and 'Entrada Gratis Concurso Nestle'
Shows Secretary of State Eduardo Hays working in his office in Mexico. Closeups of Mr. Hays signing on documents. An official seals the signed documents.1938.
American Army General John L DeWitt's visit to Mexico. Mexican General Juan Felipe Islaz receives General DeWitt at the US-Mexican border. Bi-lingual sign board 'Alto Migration/ Stop Immigration' at the international border. General John L DeWitt and Mexican General Juan Felipe Islaz shake hands with each other as other officials surround them and watch. Both Generals talk to each other, shake hands and pose for a photograph.