The Link and the Chain

{{short description|1963 film}}

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| name = The Link and the Chain

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| director = Jacques Ertaud
Bernard Gorki

| producer = Paul de Roubaix

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| released = {{film date|df=yes|1963}}

| runtime = 80 minutes

| country = France

| language = French

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The Link and the Chain ({{langx|fr|Le Maillon et la chaîne}}) is a 1963 French documentary film about life in the Loyalty Islands, directed by Jacques Ertaud. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1964 |title=The 36th Academy Awards (1964) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=4 May 2015 |work=oscars.org |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502002917/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1964 |archivedate=2 May 2015 }} The film was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=&filmmaker=ertaud&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}