One Continuous Take - The Kay Mander Film Book
Catalogue No: PDC2049
Director: Kay Mander, Adele Carroll
Actors: Alex Mackenzie, Alexander Fleming
Composer: William Alwyn
Language: English
Region Code: All Regions : PAL
Format: DVD B/W 1.33:1 & Colour 1.78:1
No of Discs: 2
BBFC Classification: E - Exempt
Release Date: 1940s, 2001
Running Time: 251 mins
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Synopsis
The Kay Mander Film Book
Kay Mander kept training and social issues to the fore in the 1940s with her innovative documentaries. This collection includes Dr. Adele Carroll's 2001 film One Continuous Take featuring Kay Mander, now living in Kirkcudbrightshire, recalling her life and work, with clips from many of her films. Most of Kay's films are also included complete in this 2-disk retrospective.
Disc 1: Kay Mander at War
One Continuous Take (2001) A biography of Kay Mander, her life and
work. Produced and directed by Dr. Adele Carroll.
Transfer of Skill (1940) Craftsman can be retrained for wartime work.
For example, jewellers produce gauges used to measure tank parts.
How to File (1941) A training film by Shell for metalwork apprentices.
Mobilising Procedure (1942) Procedures for the National Fire Service
to direct the deployment of all Britain's fire-fighting equipment.
Model Procedure for Water-Relaying (1943) Demonstration of setting
up relays of fire hoses to feed emergency water supplies.
Debris Tunnelling (1943) How a rescue party could drive a horizontal
tunnel into a collapsed building.
Disc 2: Kay Mander on Social Issues
Highland Doctor (1943) About the life of a doctor in the Outer Hebrides
and the facilities of the Highlands and Islands Medical Service.
New Builders (1944) New secondary schools are being set up to train
youngsters in building work for post-war reconstruction.
Penicillin (1944) The search for a cure for gas gangrene, which killed
so many in the First World War, resulting in the discovery of Penicillin.
Homes for the People (1945) Made by the Daily Herald to expose poor
housing conditions throughout Britain.
A Plan to Work on (1948) The growth of Dunfermline is explored, and
the architect describes schemes for the changes of the future.
Complete with a 28-page illustrated booklet with viewing notes by film historians Sarah Easen and Dr Toby Haggith.
