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- ↑ "New Religious Films". Town & Country Church: 11. 1947.
- 1 2 3 4 Annual Report of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church of the United States of America. Presbyterian Church. 1948. p. 140.
- ↑ Lindvall & Quicke 2011, p. 108.
- 1 2 "Deeds, Not Words Needed In World, Says Missionary". Star-Gazette . February 14, 1951. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "South of the Clouds". The Friend. 120. 1950.
- ↑ "Sunday Services in the Churches". The Sentinel . October 23, 1950. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 "South of the Clouds, 1950". Presbyterian Historical Society . Retrieved July 13, 2020.
- ↑ Lindvall & Quicke 2011, pp. 108–9.
- ↑ "'South Of Clouds' Wins Film Award". Valley Times. June 23, 1950. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Part 2. Presbyterian Board of Publication. 1952. p. 114.
