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- ↑ "THREE WAR FILMS FOR AUSTRALIA". The Advertiser . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 16 January 1941. p. 10. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ↑ ""VICTORY" AT PLAZA". The Examiner . Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 22 February 1941. p. 8 Edition: LATE NEWS EDITION. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ↑ "INFORMATION FILMS". The West Australian . Vol. 57, no. 17, 015. Western Australia. 16 January 1941. p. 6. Retrieved 21 March 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "3 PROPAGANDA FILMS". The Argus . Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 16 January 1941. p. 9. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ↑ "Men of the Lightship One of England's Finest Films". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 19 February 1941. p. 8 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS). Retrieved 21 March 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "AUSTRALIAN FILMS TO BE SENT ABROAD". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 22 February 1941. p. 10. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ↑ ""AUSTRALIA HAS WINGS."". The Cairns Post . Qld.: National Library of Australia. 12 May 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ↑ "FILMS OF THE WEEK". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. II, no. 10. New South Wales, Australia. 19 January 1941. p. 23. Retrieved 21 March 2024– via National Library of Australia.
