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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 First Aid. American Film Institute (AFI). Retrieved June 11, 2021.
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- ↑ The Film Daily , issue on July 12, 1931. p. 10. at the Internet Archive. p. 92. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
