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- ↑ "Memorandum". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ↑ "Donald Brittain". Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Film Reference Library. Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ↑ Dancyger, Ken (2002). "Analysis of documentary sequences: Memorandum". The Technique of Film and Video Editing: History, Theory and Practice (3rd ed.). Burlington, MA: Elsevier. pp. 302–314. ISBN 0-240-80420-1.
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