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- ↑ BFI.org
- ↑ Richards, Jeffrey (15 September 1997). Films and British National Identity: From Dickens to Dad's Army. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719047435 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Somewhere In England".
