Title from title frame.

Originally produced as a documentary in 2010; copyright held by LeAnn Erickson.

Bonus feature: Meet the documentary subjects in the film's trailer (not subtitled).

Widescreen.

Co-producers, Kenneth Erickson, Sara Erickson, Sandy Kyrish ; videographers, Kevin Hachenberg, Charles Roberts, Ben Semanoff, Paul Van Haute ; editor, LeAnn Erickson ; score, Patrick de Caumette.

Documentary subjects: Jean Jennings Bartik, Joe Chapline, Marlyn Wescoff Meltzer, Shirley Blumberg Melvin, James 'Doug' Mickle, Doris Blumberg Polsky, Edward Sage ; Narrator: LeAnn Erickson ; voice actors: Harrison Lampert (young Doug Mickle), Jon Lawhon (radio announcer), Elizabeth Levinson (young Doris Blumberg).

"In 1942, a secret U.S. military program was launched to recruit women to the war effort. But unlike the efforts to recruit Rosie the Riveter to the factory, this clandestine search targeted female mathematicians who would become human 'computers' for the U.S. Army. From the bombing of Axis Europe to the assaults on Japanese strongholds, women worked around-the-clock six days a week, creating ballistics tables that proved crucial to Allied success. Rosie made the weapons, but the female computers made them accurate. When the first electronic computer (ENIAC) was developed to aid the Army's calculation efforts, six of these women were tapped to become its first programmers"--Container.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Fiscal sponsor, Greater Philadelphia Film Office, Philadelphia, PA with special thanks to Joan Bressler and Nicole Shiner. The project was supported, in part, by funding provided by The Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Research Temple University, Philadelphia, PA ; The IEEE Foundation, Piscataway, NJ.

DVD; region 1, NTSC; widscreen; stereo.

Public performance rights purchased.

Soundtrack in English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDF).