Alaska Film Archives - UAF | RCMP try out Slim Williams' and John Logan's motorcycles @alaskafilmarchives | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
This 1939 film was shot by adventurers Slim Williams and John Logan during their motorcycle trek to promote construction of a highway connecting Alaska with the Lower 48 United States. Slim Williams (in checkered flannel shirt) watches as members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Dawson City, Yukon Territory, try out his and John's motorcycles. John Logan films the action (Color/Silent/16mm).
This sequence is an excerpt of AAF-5216 from the Logan Collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
The Alaska Film Archives appreciates your support. Your donation in any amount will help us continue important preservation work. Please visit the “About” section of our YouTube channel to learn how you can help today. Thank you! For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
This 1939 film was shot by adventurers Slim Williams and John Logan during their motorcycle trek to promote construction of a highway connecting Alaska with the Lower 48 United States. Slim Williams (in checkered flannel shirt) watches as members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Dawson City, Yukon Territory, try out his and John's motorcycles. John Logan films the action (Color/Silent/16mm).
This sequence is an excerpt of AAF-5216 from the Logan Collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
The Alaska Film Archives appreciates your support. Your donation in any amount will help us continue important preservation work. Please visit the “About” section of our YouTube channel to learn how you can help today. Thank you! For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
