14 minutes that'll make you rethink 'women's work' — and probably cry.
Documentary short film depicting the work in a British armaments plant in which the night shift consists of women workers.
Direction
Kanin finds beauty in machinery and resilience in faces.
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched factory scenes that rival noir aesthetics.
Production
Real munitions plant — every rivet, every risk, authentic.
Director
Garson Kanin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 'Why We Fight' series, but Kanin insisted on dignity over jingoism — rare for 1942.
Kanin filmed this between stage directing gigs; he'd later be blacklisted, making this preserved solidarity even more poignant.
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