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Video image sources:
Gifs: 1, 6, 8, 9, 15, 16, and 18 were created by Alexis Handford
Gif 5 is courtesy of Wisc-Online
Gif 12 is used with permission from @radcomrad
All other Gifs courtesy of Giphy.com
Music courtesy of: https://www.bensound.com