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- ↑ Educational screen & audio-visual guide. Chicago, Ill. : Educational Screen Inc. 1971. p. 247. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
- ↑ The Eames Legend Of Spare Simplicity - The Washington Post
- ↑ Eames: The Architect and the Painter and Toccata for Toy Trains, Sunday, Nov 11, 2018, 1:00pm : Indiana University Cinema
- ↑ Toccata for Toy Trains: Prologue, Variations, Journey, Village, Fantasy, Journey's End by Elmer Bernstein - Topic on YouTube
- ↑ SoundtrackCollector.com
- "Toccata for Toy Trains" in The Films of Charles & Ray Eames (Volume 2). Image Entertainment, 2005. ASIN B0009S2K92
