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- 1 2 "Hijack!". British Film Institute. 1975. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- 1 2 "Hijack!". Children's Film and Television Foundation . Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ↑ "Hijack!". British Board of Film Classification. 16 December 1974. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ↑ Shail, Robert (2016). The Children's Film Foundation: History and Legacy. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 79. ISBN 9781844578580. OCLC 946705236
