| Description |
1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen, NTSC, region 1. |
| Performer |
Narrator, LeAnn Erickson ; documentary subjects, Jean Jennings Bartik, Joe Chapline, Marlyn Wescoff Meltzer, Shirley Blumberg Melvin, James 'Doug' Mickle, Doris Blumberg Polsky, Edward Sage. |
| Credits |
Videographers, Kevin Hachenberg ... [et al.] ; editor, LeAnn Erickson ; score, Patrick de Caumette. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a documentary in 2010. |
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Bonus feature: trailer. |
| Terms Of Use |
Public performance rights purchased. |
| Language |
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Women mathematicians -- History -- 20th century.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Erickson, LeAnn.
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Baughman, Cynthia.
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
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| ISBN |
9781608833320 |
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1608833321 |
| Standard No. |
841887013352 |
| Music No. |
TOSR601 PBS |
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