1991 Videotape distribution takes off with the first catalog in Moving Image Review 14 titles. Reference by Mail, a free video loan service, also starts with 31 titles. The Alamo Theatre building is auctioned. The gutted space becomes home to the archives and quickly opens to the public with a 16mm screening series and potluck suppers. The Kellogg and the Davis Family Foundations make grants to help renovate the building.
Construction starts in the mud basement.
National Video Resources funds a project to expand video distribution. The Collections Guide is published with information on 200 collections. Arts consultant Bruce Hazard studies and submits recommendations on organizational management. The Maine Mall and Burlington Square Mall host the Going to the Movies exhibition, along with more than 20 talks by film scholars and film with an orchestra conducted by Gillian Anderson. 1100 people attend a screening of Charlie Chaplin s The Circus at the Flynn Theatre, Burlington, Vermont.