From a press release:

MOTORCYCLE HALL OF FAME MUSEUM AWARDED FILM-PRESERVATION GRANT

PICKERINGTON, OHIO — The Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum has announced that it has been awarded a Partnership Grant by the National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF), for the purpose of preserving an early motorcycle-racing film.

The 1921 promotional film, “Beverly Hills Board Track Racing,” was produced by the Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company of Springfield, Massachusetts, and currently resides in the Museum’s archives.

The Museum is one of 26 recipients of NFPF’s 2002 grants intended to help save culturally significant American “orphan films” not preserved by commercial interests. Since 1997, the NFPF has helped save more than 500 films and collections.

“We’re honored to be chosen by the NFPF to receive this Partnership Grant,” said Mark Mederski, Executive Director of the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum. “Our goal is to tell the stories of American motorcycling, and its moving-image heritage is an important and unique way to tell those stories.”

The National Film Preservation Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving America’s film heritage. Created by the U.S. Congress in 1996, the NFPF is the charitable affiliate of the National Film Preservation Board of the Library of Congress. For more information, visit www.filmpreservation.org, or call Barbara Gibson at 510-531-4521.

The goal of the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum, located on the campus of the American Motorcyclist Association in Pickerington, Ohio, is to tell the stories
and preserve the history of motorcycling. The Motorcycle Hall of Fame honors those who have contributed notably to the sport, and three major exhibition halls showcase the machines and memorabilia that have shaped motorcycling. For more information, call (614) 856-2222, or visit the Museum’s website at www.motorcyclemuseum.org.