Home movie footage of Hazelton from Alaska Highway idea promoter Slim Williams in 1939
Channel: BC History
Date: 29/08/2016

This is a short film of Hazelton from Slim Williams scouting of a route for the Alaska Highway in 1939.  John Logan was the other man on the trip.

Slim Williams was a big promoter of the idea of a highway to Alaska.    He made a trip in the early 1930s.   This is the second expedition, this time on motorcycle and along what is now Highway #37.   Yes, they managed to ride the motorcycles the whole way without any road.

The clip comes from the University of Alaska at Fairbanks archives.   I have slowed down the speed of the clip, used Youtube tools to enhance the picture, and added music.   The original speed of the film clip felt too fast, now it is a little bit slow.

Lots more about Slim Williams at this link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Williams

and lots of photos at this link:
http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm/search/searchterm/Williams,%20Slim,%20b.%201881%20or%202/field/all/mode/exact/conn/and/cosuppress/

The original clip is at this link:
https://youtu.be/LH1DD_r8q_A