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- ↑ "A Cavalcade of Short Subject Reviews Part 15: 1941-1942". TCM. Retrieved 2013-06-25.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
