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- ↑ "Sylvania Awards". New York Daily News. December 12, 1952. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Sylvania Television Grand Award Goes to N.B.C.'s 'Victory at Sea'". The Courier-Journal (AP story). December 12, 1952. p. II-2 – via Newspapers.com.