Kay Mander

Highland Doctor

Kay Mander

Commissioned to make a film about a pilot health scheme in the Highlands and Islands, Mander decided against a straightforward documentary approach, recording doctors and nurses going about their work, and instead wrote her own storyline about a medical emergency and recruited actors to play it out.

Penicillin

Kay Mander, Alexander Shaw

Valentine Dyall

British documentary on the use of Penicillin.

A Plan to Work On

Kay Mander

Donald Bisset, Gordon McDougall

Documentary on town planning in which an architect looks at the history of Dunfermline, Scotland and its possible future development.

Homes for the People

Kay Mander

A documentary on the housing problems of Great Britain following WWII

Mardi and the Monkey

Kay Mander

Wasmin

Story of a little Javanese boy who adopts a monkey.

New Builders

Kay Mander

Documentary on the young builders who'll rebuild Britain after the war.

Debris Tunnelling

Kay Mander

A British documentary on tunneling if a building falls in ruins.

The Kid from Canada

Kay Mander

Bernard Braden, Christopher Braden

A Canadian boy visits cousins in Scotland; his attitude first causes antagonism with Scottish youngsters, but disappears when the lad proves himself by riding a horse over dangerous country to bring aid to an injured shepherd.

Near Home

Kay Mander

Directed by innovative British filmmaker Kay Mander, this is a curiosity for devotees of public information films. School children act out new ideas for post-war education and investigate hidden histories near home, exploring industries, farms and Roman ruins around Bishop Auckland, then present an exhibition for local folk. Actuality footage of Wilsons Forge (closed in 1997) serves today as an elegy for one of the lost traditional industries in North East England.