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- ↑ "NFB film director Julian Biggs dies". Cinema Canada , Vol. 6 (February/March 1973). p. 16.
- ↑ "A Little Fellow from Gambo - The Joey Smallwood Story". nfb.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ↑ Martin Knelman, "20 films to be shown af Stratford film festival". The Globe and Mail , September 4, 1971.
- 1 2 Martin Knelman, "Goin Down the Road best movie: Film awards plagued by unscripted hilarity". The Globe and Mail , October 5, 1970.