Rosies of the North
The story of the contribution of women in the Canadian wartime aviation industry during World War II.
1999 | 47m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Kelly Saxberg |
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| Writer: | Robert Lower |
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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. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 10, 1999 |
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| Director: | Kelly Saxberg |
| Writer: | Robert Lower |
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| Keywords | world war ii, engineering, aircraft factory, war effort, factory girl, life during wartime, women, elsie macgill, rosie the riveter |
| Production Companies | ONF | NFB |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 23, 2026 Entered: Jun 23, 2024 |
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| Name | Job |
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| Kelly Saxberg | Director, Editor |
| Dino Schiavone | Sound |
| Saul Henteleff | Sound Editor |
| Robert Lower | Writer |
| Greg Lowe | Original Music Composer |
| Ian Elkin | Director of Photography |
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| Joe MacDonald | Producer |
| Graydon McCrea | Executive Producer |
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