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How They Saw Us : Wings on Her Shoulder

Pearson, Ann, (film director.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: 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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  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video (11 min., 07 sec.) : sound, black and white
    remote
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  • Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2024.

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General Note:
Also available:.Also available in a video compilation: <I>Women in the '40s and '50s</I> produced by English Program Studio D.
Versions:.Original film released under the title <I>Wings on Her Shoulder</I>, title code: 106B 0143 149.
Restrictions on Access Note:
No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director, Ann Pearson.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded 1977.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2024-07-01).

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Subject: Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force -- Feminist viewpoints -- Military training -- Recruitment films (Military forces) -- Roles -- Vocational training -- Women -- Women personnel
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women
Women in aeronautics
Women -- Canada -- History -- 20th century
Women -- Employment
Genre: Documentary films.

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