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- ↑ "The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
- ↑ "Academy War Film Collection". Academy Film Archive.
- ↑ "Hymn of the Nations, 1944". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13.
- ↑ farmerne (1 February 2010). ""The Internationale" conducted by Arturo Toscanini--BANNED by U.S. censors!". YouTube. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
