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- ↑ "Vanishing Wilderness a safe film". The Courier-Journal. 1 February 1974. p. 18.
- ↑ "Vanishing Wilderness to be shown in this area". The Times-Mail. 7 February 1974. p. 10.
- ↑ "Vanishing Wilderness". The Times Recorder. 10 February 1974. p. 13.
- ↑ "Vanishing Wilderness". Orem-Geneva Times. 8 November 1973. p. 7.
- ↑ "Now! We're back again and bigger! (advertisement)". Variety . January 23, 1974. p. 25. Retrieved November 2, 2023– via Archive.org.
- ↑ Miller, Jeanne (14 November 1974). "A superb documentary of wildlife". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 43.
- ↑ Maltin, Leonard (2014-09-02). Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-698-18361-2.
