Top Secret Rosies: The Female 'Computers' of WWII
“In war, math may be the most secret weapon of all.”
2010•56m•8.0•Released
DocumentaryHistoryWar
In 1942, when computers were human and women were underestimated, a group of female mathematicians helped win a war and usher in the modern computer age. Sixty-five years later their story has finally been told.
Director
LeAnn Erickson
Writer
Cynthia Baughman
Languages
English
Studio
Independent Production
Cast
LeAnn Erickson
Narrator
Production
Company
Independent Production
Producer
LeAnn Erickson
Recommended
7.3
The Soviet Story
2008
6.1
The Battle of San Pietro
1945
6.4
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
1942
6.5
Father Soldier Son
2020
7.4
WWII From Space
2012
7.2
The Bloody Hundredth
2024
8.1
2000 Meters to Andriivka
2025
7.8
They Shall Not Grow Old
2018
6.6
The Age of Stupid
2009
5.9
The Battle of Midway
1942
6.9
The Kill Team
2013
7.3
Let There Be Light
1946
6.9
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
7.9
Five Came Back
2017
6.8
The Unknown Known
2013
8.2
For Sama
2019
6.6
Korengal
2014
7
Zeitgeist: The Movie
2007
7.4
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
2001
7.2
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
1995
Similar Movies
Samson
0
5
Henri Dauman: Looking Up
2019
8
Hope Dies Last
2017
8
Rome, Open City
1945
5
Lágrimas rojas
2006
7.4
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018
7.8
To Be or Not to Be
1942
The Enemy Within
2003
7.5
Letters from Iwo Jima
2006
6.5
Baby Cages
2021
8
Łódź Ghetto
1989
7
A War Poem
2023
7.9
Mirror
1975
6.7
Days of Glory
2006
5.8
The Battle of the Damned
1969
6.4
To End All Wars
2001
7.5
Au Revoir les Enfants
1987
7
Lee
2024
Feeling Lucky?
2013
Her War, Her Story: World War II
2022