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''Rosies of the North'' (French-language title: ''Riveuses du nord'') is a 46-minute Canadian documentary film made in 1999 by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and directed by Kelly Saxberg. The film recounts the story of the women at the Canadian Car and Foundry in Fort William, Ontario, who built fighter and bomber aircraft needed for the war effort in the Second World War.〔Wilson, Jeffrey and Chris McGillvray.("Canada Remembers Women on The Home Front." ) ''Veterans.gc.ca'', February 27, 2014. Retrieved: October 3, 2014.〕 It also is the story of female engineer Elsie MacGill, who became known as the "Queen of the Hurricanes".〔Bourgeois-Doyle 2008, p. 157.〕 The title of the film is an allusion to the wartime iconic image of Rosie the Riveter.〔Marcano, Tony. (""Famed Riveter In War Effort, Rose Monroe Dies at 77". ) ''The New York Times'', June 2, 1997.〕 ==Plot== In 1939, Canada joined the worldwide war effort with factories turning out war machines. At the Canadian Car and Foundry (nicknamed "Can-Car") in Fort William, Ontario, a large workforce was recruited to build the Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft, including a preponderance of women. Many of them were young, and came from as far away as the Prairies. Of the 7,000 workers at Can-Car, 3,000 were women on the shop floor; initially, they were not treated with respect. Men typically were the "lead-hands", more experienced workers who would train, at least at first, the new women trainees. It was soon evident that women reacted much more favourably to other women as their mentors and instructors. For a while, the animosity between the men and women was palpable. One "old hand" who showed his dislike by refusing to let women sign out before him, ensured the first seats on the buses leaving the factory were then occupied by the men. They steadfastly refused to give up their seats, leaving the women "hanging on by the straps". The obstinate fellow came on board after women welded his lunchbox to a piece of steel. Eventually, the factory assigned female "matrons" to look after the women, acting as nurses, nannies and "cops". The factory called them "intelligent, likeable, friendly women," while the women knew that the matrons were there to "keep them in line," and not "tempt the men". Women still made less than the men whom they had often trained, and married women were summarily dismissed, but some of them kept their marriages secret and worked anyway. The one woman "boss" at the factory was Elsie MacGill, who was first in charge of the production of fighter aircraft, and heralded in the press as the "Queen of the Hurricanes".〔Wakewich 2006, p. 397.〕 By the time the production line shut down in 1943, Can-Car had produced over 1,400 Hurricanes.〔Hatch 2006, p. 148.〕 Just as the factory was re-tooling for production of Curtiss SB2C Helldiver torpedo and dive bomber aircraft for the United States Navy, MacGill and the works manager, E. J. (Bill) Soulsby, were dismissed. It was later revealed they were having an affair (and subsequently married).〔 The women on the shop floor continued on until the end of the war, when most of them relinquished their jobs as the men came home. At the refurbished Can-Car plant, now building rolling stock and buses, 60 years later, the women came back to the factory to remember when they "had the greatest experience of their lives". For the reunion, a highlight was the arrival of a restored Curtiss Helldiver which did a flypast with one of the original women factory workers, Margaret Cook (née Nixon) on board.〔Saxberg, Kelly, Director. ("Rosies of the North." Documentary ) ''National Film Board of Canada,'' 1999 via ''IMDb.'' Retrieved: October 3, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rosies of the North」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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