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- ↑ "Not So Dusty". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012.
- ↑ "Not So Dusty". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
- ↑ Shafer, Stephen (2 September 2003). British Popular Films 1929-1939. ISBN 9781134988372.
