Notes on the port of Saint Francis

Duration: 22

Year Published: 1951

Creator: produced, photographed and edited by Frank Stauffacher from a text by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1882.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Stauffacher, Frank, 1916-1955.; Hirsch, Hy.; Gleitz, Herb.; Schoener, Allon.; Tepper, Gene.; Price, Vincent.; Maritime Museum of San Francisco.; California Historical Society.; University of California (System). Extension Media Center.; Notes on the port of St. Francis.

Description: Date on film: 1951.; Running time: 21:30.; PFA 1608-01-13462. Viewing copy for in-house research use only. Not final timing.; PFA 1608-01-13464. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only.; PFA 1608-01-15437. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only.; PFA 1608-01-13463. Restricted: PFA exhibition backup.; PFA 1608-01-5285. Restricted: Not for research use.; PFA 1608-01-13461. Restricted: Print quality not approved.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; Assisted by Hy Hirsch, Herb Gleitz, Allon Schoener, Gene Tepper, the Maritime Museum of San Francisco, the California Historical Society.; Narrated by Vincent Price.; A cinematic and poetic view of modern San Francisco, avoiding the obvious sights and concentrating instead on the "back door" of the city.; PFA 1608-01-5285. D0004; PFA 1608-01-15437. Cineric; PFA 1608-01-13464. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2008/01 /10; Excellent condition; timing approved; PFA 1608-01-13463. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2007/12 /03; Excellent condition; timing approved; PFA 1608-01-13462. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2007/11 /01; Excellent condition; generational; too contrasty; track density has been corrected; PFA 1608-01-5285. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 1994 Jul 06 Peter De Domenico; scratches; splices; Good condition: very scratched at beginning, but improves somewhat; six tape splices (see cataloger's inspection report for footage counts); edge code: KODAK 16 SAFETY FILM POSITIVE CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2006/07/17; Kodak 7302 b/w print from 1958; linear scratches both sides; tape splices stretched; warped; PFA 1608-01-13461. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2007/05 /22; Excellent condition; generational; audio is slightly muffled and distorted (printed with too much density); PFA 1608-01-15437. new print from Cineric preservation dupe neg CONDITION NOTE: Viewed at PFA Theater 7/23/12 by EK, SO, KG, SS, MN, JS. Preferred over Cineric print #3 / -13463 [by Simon Lund] which has some blown-out whites (though MN finds new print a bit heavy). Janos Pilenyi wrote: "after our new test came back we went with a density that was between our approved print and the older print that you sent to use to look at. All else was the same." PFA Exhibition ONLY.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE