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- ↑ "The 28th Academy Awards (1956) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). February 19, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
- ↑ "Survival City".
- ↑ "Poster Survival City (20th Century Fox, 1955)". movieposters.ha.com.
