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- ↑ "Canada Carries On". cfe.tiff.net. Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
- ↑ "The 26th Academy Awards (1954) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Retrieved May 30, 2019.
- ↑ The Canadian Forum. Vol. 34. Canadian Forum. 1954. p. 63. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
- ↑ "Herring Hunt". NFB Collections page. October 11, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
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