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- ↑ "The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick - 75 Most Wanted". BFI National Archives. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ↑ "BFI Most Wanted: The hunt for Britain's missing films". British Film Institute. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ↑ "The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick". Kinematograph Weekly. 17 November 1921. p. 63 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Trade Shows Surveyed". Kinematograph Weekly. 17 November 1921. p. 57 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "PICKWICK ON THE SCREEN". The Daily News. London. 10 November 1921. p. 5 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
