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- 1 2 Hobbs, Graeme. "'Every Film is a kind of Dance': The Art of Norman McLaren". MovieMail. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
- ↑ Clark, Ken (Summer 1987). "Tribute to Norman McLaren". Animator (19): 2. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ↑ "The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ↑ "Synchromy". Collections page. National Film Board of Canada . Retrieved 16 March 2011.
Terence Dobson, The Film Work of Norman McLaren (Eastleigh: John Libbey Publishing, 2006) ISBN 0 86196 656 2
