Griffith Park Protest 1933

This 1933 silent newsreel, Griffith Park Relief Workers Demonstration, shot in black-and-white 16mm, captures a protest in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, against city officials blamed for the Griffith Park Fire on October 3, 1933. Crowds, speakers, and placards decry the deaths of relief workers—claimed as 100 in the film’s title, though records confirm 29 deaths. A pre-war outcry, it reflects Depression-era tensions over labor safety, with the film’s inflated toll possibly signaling public anger or misinformation.