Notes on the Port of St. Francis

Notes on the Port of St. Francis is a 1951 American short impressionistic documentary film on San Francisco, directed by Frank Stauffacher, and with narration written by Robert Louis Stevenson (1882) and read by Vincent Price. The film opens with "An Epitaph" by Walter de la Mare. The film was made in 16mm film, is 22 minutes long, and has been preserved by the Pacific Film Archive at University of California, Berkeley.^[2][3] Stauffacher was assisted by Hy Hirsh, Allon Schoener, Herb Gleitz, and Gene Tepper. The film was co-produced by Stauffacher, the SF Maritime Museum, and the California Historical Society.

Notes on the Port of St. Francis
Directed by	Frank Stauffacher
Written by	Robert Louis Stevenson
Produced by	Frank Stauffacher
Starring	Vincent Price (narrator)
Distributed by	Film Images Inc.[1]
Release date	1951 (1951)
Running time	22 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

On December 18, 2013, the Library of Congress announced that this film had been selected for the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".^[4][5]

See also

• Vincent Price filmography
• National Film Preservation Foundation