Griffith Park Relief Workers Demonstration (1933)
1933 · Ephemeral film · 2 min
Synopsis
Demonstration in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California. Film title indicates: "against city and city officials which caused murder of 100 relief workers in Griffith Park Fire." Shows crowds, speakers and placards.
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Details
- Running time
- 2 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0210_Griffith_Park_Relief_Workers_Demonstration_05_13_15_00
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · The clip in the class struggle! · Spuzz · 2016-03-06
Interesting pro-union film that shows a rally of angry union members to show support of workers that died, or as they put it, 'murdered', in Griffiths Park in Los Angeles. The film says 100 died in the fire, but I can\t find any evidence of that number on the web.. Maximum number I could find was 29.. This is silent, so we don't hear any speeches, but we see a moment of silence, which is slightly surreal. A moment of silence in a silent film! We see some °orphans' as well, And there are some great signs here too. Best part happens at the very end, where we see the 'The End\ title card with a…