Pan-American Exposition by night (1901) Edison

Pan-American Exposition by night is a film produced by • Edison Manufacturing C... on the occasion of the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. It was filmed by • Edwin Stanton Porter , James H. Henry and James Blair Smith. It is a circular panorama , Edison and his cameramen filmed several panoramic views during the Exposition, the particularity of this one lies in the fact that it is composed of two scenes and that a stop-motion (00:42) is used to switch from the daytime scene to the night scene that shows us the spectacular lighting of the exposition, one of the main attractions of the event.
(00:10) The audio commentary that you can hear in this video, is the description of the film published in the Edison Films Catalog .
Among the buildings filmed we can recognize the Temple of Music (00:20), the Electric Tower (00:38).
The Pan-American Exposition was held in Buffalo, in the area now known as Delaware Park, between May 1 and November 2, 1901, and is best remembered for being the scene of the assassination of President McKinley . Edison documented the president's presence and activities throughout the Exposition, filmed the president's last public appearance and mob outside the Temple of Music on September 6, moments after the assassination attempt. McKinley would pass away on Sept. 14; Edison documented his funeral and several commemorations. He also produced a fictional film in which he reconstructed the execution of the president's assassin, Leon Czolgosz: Execution of Czolgosz, with panorama of Auburn Prison (1901).
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