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- ↑ "National Film Preservation Board" (PDF). www.loc.gov. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
- ↑ Dig a hole and Tulips Shall Grow: Ray Harryhausen|San Diego Reader
- ↑ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Tulips Shall Grow (Paramount Pictures)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB).[ dead link ]
- ↑ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
- ↑ "The Puppetoon Movie". Turner Classic Movies.