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- ↑ Ciné-Ressources. Fiches personnalités: Raymond Bernard. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- 1 2 Dictionnaire du cinéma français des années vingt (1895): Raymond Bernard profile, 1895.revues.org; retrieved 6 October 2014.
- 1 2 Lenny Borger. Programme notes for a Thames Television live presentation of The Chess Player, London, 1990.
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- ↑ Yearbook 1969 of the Society of Mutual Assistance of the Legion of Honour.
