Then , after a final repaint , its destruction was captured on film as a scene in the film Smokey and the Bandit II .
After 1974 , it sat out of operation for a number of years while the crowds at the fair continued to dwindle around it .
After a final repaint , its destruction was captured on film as a scene in the film Smokey and the Bandit II .
After 1974 , it sat out of operation for a number of years while the crowds at the fair continued to dwindle around it .