The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980)

Directed by

Connie Field

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 05m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of American women who took on industrial jobs during World War II. It features interviews with several women who worked in factories and shipyards.

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What happens

The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter is a 1980 documentary film and the first movie made by Connie Field, about the American women who went to work during World War II to do "men's jobs." In 1996, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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