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- ↑ "‘The Mills of the Gods’ at 50: The Groundbreaking Vietnam War Documentary Is Still Shocking". NonFics, December 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Woman film director records war's horror". The Globe and Mail , December 4, 1965.
- ↑ Page, Tim (1990). Page After Page. Paladin. ISBN 978-0-586-09013-8.
- ↑ "Viet Nam Film on TV Sunday". Brandon Sun . December 4, 1965. p. 1. Retrieved January 15, 2017– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "CBC show wins award". The Globe and Mail , March 3, 1966.
- ↑ "Beryl Fox production wins top film award". The Globe and Mail , May 7, 1966.
- ↑ Alan Rosenthal, The Documentary Conscience: A Casebook in Film Making, University of California Press (1980), p. 236
