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Sources:
The Only Way to Cross by John Maxtone-Graham
The Liner by Philip Dawson
Bremen and Europa: German Speed Queens of the Atlantic by J. Russel Willoughby
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles/Part_8

Music tracks used in this video:
Lighthouse Drawings by Broad Sky: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/Ae3ma9ielx/
Transmission Road by Nylonia: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/Cp1PhQ8UeN/
Swinging in Paris by Daniel Fridel, Sven Lindvall: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/P9m1EUYGhk/
Overcoming by Ardie Son: https://artlist.io/royalty-free-music/song/overcoming/103260
In Frozen Waters by Hampus Naeselius: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/wWkoWDEkZC/
Wandering Ahead by Trevor Kowalski: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/ssdnlE5Msv/
Away by Birraj: https://artlist.io/royalty-free-music/song/away/112537
Hostages in Love by Hampus Naeselius: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/8v8GjLUfI5/
Infected by Michael Vignola: https://artlist.io/royalty-free-music/song/the-infected/15105
Two Three on E by Franz Gordon: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/IHCrPx7FEu/
Oceanside by Night by Particle House: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/pNUzri0JIJ/

Video sources:
https://catalog.archives.gov/
https://www.loc.gov/
https://archive.org/details/prelinger
https://www.pond5.com/

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25:55 Chapter 6: Liberté

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