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- ↑ "The Sceptre and the Mace". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- 1 2 "Vanity, Centre Book Sceptre and the Mace". Windsor Star , November 16, 1957. p. 22.
- ↑ Phillip Buckner, Canada and the End of Empire. UBC Press, 2007. ISBN 9780774850667. p. 83.
- ↑ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 41-43.
