Abstract
From 1950 to 1980 the Arts Council of Great Britain, in collaboration with the British Film Institute, organised the Art Film Tour, a mobile cinema unit which travelled the country with 16mm prints of non-fiction films about art and artists. The tour conducted nontheatrical exhibitions in art colleges, as well as film and arts societies. In the early 1970s the tour become increasingly popular and featured mainly Arts Council productions. The Arts Council commissioned 16mm art films from independent filmmakers, including the pioneering work of James Scott. This essay contextualises the origins, developments and demise of the Tour.
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