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Port of Call: San Francisco (1960)

1960 · Ephemeral film · 21 min

Synopsis

San Francisco scenics and attractions.

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Details

Running time
21 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives
Internet Archive item
0606_Port_of_Call_San_Francisco_03_22_36_00

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★ · "Please Turn On Volume" · Spuzz · 2012-09-29

Another AB roll here. This time it's made by the Vista people, who do all of those stock footage scenes scattered throughout the archive. But watching this, except for one brief scene where I recognized a restaraunt sign. This film is about the shupping business in San Francisco. It has lots of great scenes of different products being transported to and fro from ships, including bananas, cars and wheat. There's also some great shots of SF itself. Nice, of course there's plenty of blackness, more than usual it looks like. Plus there's a great "this is a sound film" leader at the beginning that…