Rosies of the North
1999
46 min
Coming soon
They raised children, baked cakes... and built world-class fighter planes. Sixty years ago, thousands of women from Thunder Bay and the Prairies donned trousers, packed lunch pails and took up rivet guns to participate in the greatest industrial war effort in Canadian history. Like many other factories across the country from 1939 to 1945, the shop floor at Fort William's Canadian Car and Foundry was transformed from an all-male workforce to one with forty percent female workers.
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They raised children, baked cakes... and built world-class fighter planes. Sixty years ago, thousands of women from Thunder Bay and the Prairies donned trousers, packed lunch pails and took up rivet guns to participate in the greatest industrial war effort in Canadian history. Like many other factories across the country from 1939 to 1945, the shop floor at Fort William's Canadian Car and Foundry was transformed from an all-male workforce to one with forty percent female workers.
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directorKelly Saxberg
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editingKelly Saxberg
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producerJoe MacDonald
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executive producerGraydon McCrea
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scriptBob Lower
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cinematographyIan Elkin
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soundDino Schiavone
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sound editingSaul Henteleff
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re-recordingBruce Little
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music recordingHoward Rissin
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online editingTony Wytinck
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narrationMartine Friesen
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musicGreg Lowe
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castRandy WilsonCorinne LittleJadwiga KondakowNina GodeckiMary RiddochIrene FedellLorna MarsdenElizabeth SchneewindGordon BurkowskiMuriel BaileyAlice TaylorJim CarmichaelAlan NortonHelen GuralLauretta Breckon JonesGeorge BicknellAnn SoulsbyKaylee BusniakTracey BusniakMarilyn BellinJack LittleMargaret GandierDon Gandier
Education
Ages 12 to 17
Civics/Citizenship - Human Rights
Ethics and Religious Culture - Ethical Values
History - World War II
Media Education - Documentary Film
Social Studies - Social History
This documentary traces the vital role played by Canadian women in the war
effort , as they began replacing the men at war, in the building of the
world's much-needed fighter planes. Several of the women who built the
"Hurricanes" are interviewed and provide insight into their work at Canadian
Car at Fort William, Ontario. The first female engineer and designer, Elsie
MacGill, is included as a pioneer in aviation design.
