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How They Saw Us: Wings on Her Shoulder

This is a 1943 recruitment film. Although it specifically promises women jobs in post-war aviation, its primary message is that women fulfill support positions "so that men might fly."
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This is a 1943 recruitment film. Although it specifically promises women jobs in post-war aviation, its primary message is that women fulfill support positions "so that men might fly."

National Security and Defence Women Work and Labour Relations All subjects
  • director
    Ann Pearson
  • series director
    Ann Pearson
  • series producer
    Yuki Yoshida
  • series executive producer
    Kathleen Shannon
How They Saw Us: Wings on Her Shoulder
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