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- 1 2 "Farewell Oak Street". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- 1 2 3 "Film Tells Story of Housing Project". The Globe and Mail , February 19, 1954.
- ↑ "Offends Human Dignity: Toronto MP Raps Regent Park Film". The Globe and Mail , February 19, 1954.
- ↑ "Government Plans No Curb On Farewell Oak Street". The Globe and Mail , February 23, 1954.
- ↑ "50 Reasons to Love Toronto". Toronto Life , June 16, 2010.
- ↑ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 25-28.
