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- ↑ "NFB - Portraits". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 2009-04-20.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "Strange Invaders - NFB -Film Collection". National Film Board of Canada. Archived from the original on 2008-12-09. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
- ↑ "NFB - Portraits". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 2009-04-20.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "Oscar hopeful Strange Invaders aired on television," Daily News, Truro, Nova Scotia: March 16, 2002, pg. C.3.
