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.

Disk 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.

Disk 2: Kay Mander on Social Matters
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.

Total DVD running time: 4 hrs 13 mins approx.
Release date to be announced.

Kay Mander's filmed survey of twenty-four square miles around Banbury in rural Oxfordshire was part of a 1943 project to better understand the use made of the countryside in order to facilitate better planning. Filmed in 1946 Twenty Four Square Miles shows in detail the use made of the land for farming and industry and the social fabric of the towns and villages and how they are managed. With commentary by John Arlott. Directed by Kay Mander. A Basic Films Production.

Included also is a lovely film of the village of Harting on the Sussex Downs, An English Village.

DVD running time 62 mins b/w.