Top secret Rosies : the female computers of World War II
(DVD)
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Published
[Arlington, VA] : PBS Distribution, [2010].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Main Library - Media
DVD 510.82 Top
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DVD 510.82 Top
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Southside - Media
DVD 510.82 Top
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DVD 510.82 Top
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Published
[Arlington, VA] : PBS Distribution, [2010].
Language
English
UPC
841887013352
Notes
General Note
Originally released as a documentary in 2010; copyright held by LeAnn Erickson.
General Note
Bonus feature: trailer.
Creation/Production Credits
Co-producers, Kenneth Erickson, Sara Erickson, Sandy Kyrish ; videographers, Kevin Hachenberg ... [et al.] ; editor, LeAnn Erickson ; score, Patrick de Caumette.
Participants/Performers
Documentary subjects: Jean Jennings Bartik, Joe Chapline, Marlyn Wescoff Meltzer, Shirley Blumberg Melvin, James 'Doug' Mickle, Doris Blumberg Polsky, Edward Sage ; Narrator: LeAnn Erickson.
Description
"In 1942, a secret U.S. military program was launched to recruit women to the war effort. But unlike the efforts to recruit Rosie the Riveter to the factory, this clandestine search targeted female mathematicians who would become human 'computers' for the U.S. Army. From the bombing of Axis Europe to the assaults on Japanese strongholds, women worked around-the-clock six days a week, creating ballistics tables that proved crucial to Allied success. Rosie made the weapons, but the female computers made them accurate. When the first electronic computer (ENIAC) was developed to aid the Army's calculation efforts, six of these women were tapped to become its first programmers."--Container.
System Details
DVD format, widescreen, NTSC, region 1.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Public performance rights purchased.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Includes public performance rights.,MnManS.
Language
English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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