Movies and TvShows featuring "panama-pacific-international-exposition" theme.

When the World Came to San Francisco is a documentary that explores the Panama-Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco in 1915. It delves into the historical significance of the event, which showcased new technologies, celebrated the completion of the Panama Canal, and memorialized the devastating earthquake that struck San Francisco in 1906. The documentary includes reenactments and provides insights into the impact of the exposition on the city and its people.

Frequent comedy co-stars Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand take viewers on a tour of the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Attractions shown include the U.S. Battleship "Oregon", the Australian convict ship "Success" (complete with such punishment devices as a flogging rack and a spiked Iron Maiden), the world's tallest flagpole (251 feet), the Court of Abundance, the Court of the Universe (with sunken garden) and the Tower of Jewels. Fatty and Mabel also visit Frisco's still-under-construction City Hall, accompanied by Frisco's then-Mayor James Rolph Jr. Also appearing in the film is opera star Ernestine Schumann-Heink.

A nostalgic, slightly syrupy tour through the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exhibition in San Francisco by way of archive footage and a chuckling narrator. Among the famous faces that pop up include Thomas Alva Edison and Henry Ford.