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- 1 2 "New Zealand Project Films". National Film Preservation Foundation. Archived from the original on June 10, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
- ↑ Dave Kehr (June 6, 2010). "Long-Lost Silent Films Return to America". The New York Times .
