Top secret Rosies : the female computers of World War II
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
[United States?] : LeAnn Erickson, [2010].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
PATEROS PUBLIC LIBRARY
DVD 510.82 TOP SEC
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DVD 510.82 TOP SEC
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TONASKET PUBLIC LIBRARY
DVD 510.82 TOP SEC
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DVD 510.82 TOP SEC
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More Details
Published
[United States?] : LeAnn Erickson, [2010].
Format
DVD
Language
English
UPC
841887013352
Notes
General Note
Bonus feature: Meet the documentary subjects in the film's trailer. Trailer is not rated or subtitled.
Creation/Production Credits
Editing, 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.
Description
Top Secret Rosies is the as-yet-untold story of women and technology that helped win a war and usher in the modern computer age. This is the chronicle of four very different women who worked as human computers at the University of Pennsylvania from 1942-1946. Capturing the opportunities and exhilaration of the times and exploring the moral dilemmas inherent in their work, Top Secret Rosies follows their efforts as they labored night and day to create the mathematical computations that made every Allied bomb and bullet more deadly.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD, widescreen.
Language
English SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) subtitles.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Erickson, L. (2010). Top secret Rosies: the female computers of World War II . LeAnn Erickson.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Erickson, LeAnn. 2010. Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of World War II. LeAnn Erickson.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Erickson, LeAnn. Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of World War II LeAnn Erickson, 2010.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Erickson, LeAnn. Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of World War II LeAnn Erickson, 2010.
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