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- ↑ "Anniversary". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ↑ Léo Bonneville, "Courts métrages de l'O.N.F.". Séquences, October 1964. p. 42.
- ↑ "Whitby Woman Put Sex on Film". The Globe and Mail , June 12, 1963.
- ↑ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 65-67.
