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GENERAL CIGAR HALL OF MAGIC OFFERS GIANT SMOKE RINGS, MAGIC AND SPORTS MOVIES TO THRONGS AT WORLD'S FAIR One of the World's Fair's most popular exhibits - the General Cigar Hall of Magic - offers a continuous live magic show, thrilling sports action movies and other exhibits to the throngs attracted by its unusual landmark - machine lofting giant smoke rings high above the Fair. There is no admission charge. The magic show - created and narrated by television's renowned wizard Mark Wilson - plays three times an hour in an ultra-modern Magic theatre, and includes such classic thrillers as sawing a woman in half and levitation. The films of sports including boxing, sky diving and baseball were shot from overhead with a special camera and are projected onto a sunken screen to give a feeling of immediate participation.
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Artist's rendering of the General Cigar Pavilion
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General Cigar Pavilion
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The smoke machine blows "puffs of smoke" (non-tobacco) outside the General Cigar Pavilion.
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Solar Fountain and the General Cigar Pavilion
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General Cigar Pavilion
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