Griffith Park Relief Workers Demonstration (1933)

★★★★ · Correction · David Shark · 2014-10-04

Just a minor correction to the video description: this protest did not take place in the park. It took place in the L.A. Plaza, as mentioned in the title cards preceding the film.

★★★ · City of L. A. Unfair! · Christine Hennig · 2003-10-07

Silent newsreel clip from the early 30s documenting a labor demonstration against the city of Los Angeles for negligence in the Griffith Park fire, which killed over a hundred workers. This is prime historical footage from the 30s labor movement, if only it had a soundtrack. Some of the protesters' signs are great, though. Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: *. Weirdness: **. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating: ***.

★★★ · The clip in the class struggle! · Spuzz · 2005-12-30

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 dont 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…