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- ↑ Sussex, Elizabeth (1975). The Rise and Fall of British Documentary: The Story of the Film Movement Founded by John Grierson . University of California Press. p. 136. ISBN 0-520-02869-4.
- ↑ Rotha, Paul (1973). Documentary Diary. Secker and Warburg. pp. 262–3. ISBN 0-436-42820-2.
- ↑ The Fourth Estate’ Documentary Film Screening
