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- ↑ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- ↑ "Librarian of Congress Adds 25 Films to National Film Registry". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- ↑ Eagan, Daniel. (2010). America's film legacy : the authoritative guide to the landmark movies in the National Film Registry. National Film Preservation Board (U.S.). New York: Continuum. pp. 18–19. ISBN 9781441116475. OCLC 676697377.
- ↑ "Some Tricks of the Moving Picture Maker". Scientific American. C (26): 476–477. June 26, 1909. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ↑ Talbot, Frederick A. (1912). Moving Pictures: How They Are Made and Worked. J.B. Lippincott Company. pp. 242–253. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
