Yosemite Firefall - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

  • The Firefall can be seen in the 1954 movie The Caine Mutiny when one of the naval officers goes to Yosemite for shore leave.
  • In 1974, musician Rick Roberts named his band "Firefall" after the Yosemite spectacle.

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