Closing Night at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (silent, 1915)

[Music] 1915 from 24 years out of the past Tela news brings you these historic news reels pictures taken during the closing day of the Panama Pacific International Exposition there it is the Phantom City [Music] the Fountain of energy the Tower of jewels sparkling in the sun remember those sides nightfalls now the lights go on the exposition becomes a fairyland of Brilliance it's the last night of San Francisco's 1915 World's Fair and so the fireworks start the greatest display San Francisco has ever seen the Rockets and the bombs explode and the Navy joins in too the battleship Oregon world name veteran of the Spanish American war lies off San Francisco's Marina outlined by electric lights and here's Art Smith the Boy Wonder of Aviation who amazed the world with his daring he's seated in his plane 1915s latest model he kisses his wife goodbye he's off on another flight over the World's Fair a Night Flight this time the last flight on the last night the Flaming plane of artsmith corts among the exploding rocks Rockets thrilling the quarter million people assembled for the closing ceremonies of the 1915 fair over the Bay close to the Tower of jewels itself closing that fair in a burst of fireworks and then the blackout one by one the lights go out slowly the Tower of jewels is darkened gradually the great fan in the sky shrinks it's all over the 1915 Fair has run its course now 24 years later the 1939 fair closes too I wonder when San Francisco will see