warroom1 Posted January 25, 2014 Share #526 Posted January 25, 2014 P-51 could and did drop bombs on ground targets 2-250lb bombs could be carryed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 25, 2014 Share #527 Posted January 25, 2014 "Well goodness gracious me!" Peter Sellers was well-known for his Indian impressions here in the UK. It struck a chord here because, of course, until 1947 India was a part of the British Empire. He also used to do Indian characters on comedy records and on his various radio shows. Ironically, in today's "politically correct" world he would certainly not be allowed to put on brown make-up and act as an Indian as he did in that movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted January 26, 2014 Share #528 Posted January 26, 2014 "Well goodness gracious me!" Peter Sellers was well-known for his Indian impressions here in the UK. It struck a chord here because, of course, until 1947 India was a part of the British Empire. He also used to do Indian characters on comedy records and on his various radio shows. Ironically, in today's "politically correct" world he would certainly not be allowed to put on brown make-up and act as an Indian as he did in that movie! Right you are Ian, Sellers was in the Royal Air Force in WWII in India for awhile as a member of an RAF Entertainment Troupe, I read somewhere a long time ago that this is were he got most of his inspiration for doing Indian accents, is this true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 26, 2014 Share #529 Posted January 26, 2014 Right you are Ian, Sellers was in the Royal Air Force in WWII in India for awhile as a member of an RAF Entertainment Troupe, I read somewhere a long time ago that this is were he got most of his inspiration for doing Indian accents, is this true? Very probably Kevin. He had a gift for doing accents! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra 6 Actual Posted August 15, 2015 Share #530 Posted August 15, 2015 Noobie here. As a collector I always notice incorrect insignia or equipment in movies and TV shows. What irks me almost as much -- sometimes even more -- are the tactical blunders and inconsistencies: the eternally-full weapon mags that never empty, the 'gaggling up' of supposedly tactically deployed troops, the lack of noise or light discipline, etc. As a Vietnam veteran, one of the movies that always angers me is "Apocalypse Now." I especially enjoy laughing about the lack of light discipline in the scenes where there are campfires and even a bridge lit up with a string of bulbs ... all the better to call in mortars with, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbtcoveralls Posted August 15, 2015 Share #531 Posted August 15, 2015 So I started watching "Von Ryan's express" with Frank Sinatra. I hadn't seen this movie in years. The very first thing I picked out is that the American Sgt in the Italian POW camp is wearing HBT coveralls and the 4th Armored patch. According to the plot, Scicily had just been secured which makes it 1943. So, the Italians captured this guy at the Desert training center in California? It didn't get much better after that and I couldn't watch anymore. One good example of how a little mistake can Kill it for me. Tom Bowers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeper704 Posted August 15, 2015 Share #532 Posted August 15, 2015 It is true .... the 4th Armored was everywhere! Erwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand Flea Posted April 4, 2016 Share #533 Posted April 4, 2016 Here's one, the movie Patton with George C Scott used M48 Patton tanks as Panzers! There's irony for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbUSWM Posted April 4, 2016 Share #534 Posted April 4, 2016 Not a true "war movie" but in Casablanca's final scene, Major Strasser arrives in his Luftwaffe overcoat without shoulder boards... then after looking at Rick with the gun and heading to the phone, his shoulder boards appear... then disappear seconds later when he turns to talk to Rick.. then the shoulder boards reappear seconds later when he is shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 5, 2017 Share #535 Posted June 5, 2017 A blunder or just a acquisition of convenience. Let's have some fun, I spotted it when rewatching it on DVD. YOU tell me what the goof is in this still from Paths of Glory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLO Posted June 5, 2017 Share #536 Posted June 5, 2017 A blunder or just a acquisition of convenience. Let's have some fun, I spotted it when rewatching it on DVD. YOU tell me what the goof is in this still from Paths of Glory Paths-of-Glory.jpg the French soldiers have the wrong type of rifles? possibly British Martini Henry rifles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 5, 2017 Share #537 Posted June 5, 2017 the French soldiers have the wrong type of rifles? possibly British Martini Henry rifles? That's right.I was thinking more like Russian Mosin Nagants. Watched very carefully a few times, at the beginning during the attack all troops that I could see have these rifles, curiously in other scenes later the proper Lebels seem to be carried, the these being the guards on the condemned and couple of views of marching formations. Here's another view, seeing bolts right, Mosin Nagnats right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 5, 2017 Share #538 Posted June 5, 2017 Another blunder, this time incorrect medals. The 1914–1918 Commemorative war medal worn by both Ralph Meeker and Joe Turkel's characters, medal was not around during the war, it was issued in 1920. Turkel has his on a different kind of ribbon as we see, a type that is unfamiliar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 5, 2017 Share #539 Posted June 5, 2017 Found this, says they're Lebels, with Mausers used during the execution. Not sure on the Lebels, did Lebels have socket bayonets? Thought it was the épée, or did they just rig some kind of unknown socket bayonet? http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Paths_of_Glory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLO Posted June 5, 2017 Share #540 Posted June 5, 2017 That's right.I was thinking more like Russian Mosin Nagants. Watched very carefully a few times, at the beginning during the attack all troops that I could see have these rifles, curiously in other scenes later the proper Lebels seem to be carried, the these being the guards on the condemned and couple of views of marching formations. Here's another view, seeing bolts right, Mosin Nagnats right? gt.jpg they look like Mosin Nagants with the straight bolt handles, but I can see some soldiers have sling swivels in stead of the "dog collar" type sling, a M91 should have the dog collar type sling, but Im sure they would have used other rifles during WW1, even captured rifles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willysmb44 Posted June 5, 2017 Share #541 Posted June 5, 2017 Im sure they would have used other rifles during WW1, even captured rifles. Especially rear-echelon troops like a execution party. It'd be ironic, that they would be shot with German rifles, but handled by French soldiers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLO Posted June 5, 2017 Share #542 Posted June 5, 2017 GREEN BERETS (1968) the NVA / VC didnt have any AK47's or SKS rifles in the movie, except during the Green Beret seminar at Fort Bragg when they showed captured enemy weapons on display I guess the prop dept didnt have enough AK's or SKS's to use in the movie? that why the North Vietnamese are shown with Mauser rifles & M1 carbines, and a toy M16 rifle made by Mattel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettow Posted June 5, 2017 Share #543 Posted June 5, 2017 Pearl Harbor In the boxing scene with Dorie Miller they are betting with Hawaii overprinted emergency money which was not printed until January 1942. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomlegg Posted June 7, 2017 Share #544 Posted June 7, 2017 Pearl Harbor In the boxing scene with Dorie Miller they are betting with Hawaii overprinted emergency money which was not printed until January 1942. Good catch mate! Never noticed that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 15, 2017 Share #545 Posted June 15, 2017 A The Longest Day error, the Super Bazooka, not out till the post war period, carried no doubt because of the active U.S. Army and Marines who were extras, here in 1961, it was their standard weaponry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willysmb44 Posted June 15, 2017 Share #546 Posted June 15, 2017 800px-LD9.jpg A The Longest Day error, the Super Bazooka, not out till the post war period, carried no doubt because of the active U.S. Army and Marines who were extras, here in 1961, it was their standard weaponry. Man, if I had nickle for every time I saw a 3.5" bazooka in a WW2 movie, I'd be rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 15, 2017 Share #547 Posted June 15, 2017 Like Ian Sabrejet stated several times, is the lack of proper uniforms in some cases gear, given the closeness of the end of the war. That would include insignia errors, like the British line units (All they wear seems to be Regimental Arcs with no Formation signs or those Ticks under them), but the American 82nd Abn Paratroopers wearing what appear to be or are oversized copies of the 82nd Abn patch, with real issue Yellow on Black tabs is a kicker. Seems John Wayne though had his as the White on Blue. But there's some positives, like seeing a lot of M1910 packs and leggings, with from what we can see, U.S. steel helmets, that seem to be primarily fixed loops with no then current metal chin strap clamps, the chin straps being sewn on the loops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris3bs Posted June 15, 2017 Share #548 Posted June 15, 2017 Maybe already mentioned but Green Berets John Wayne changed from his colonel's uniform to his fatigues from one scene to the next. Magic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLO Posted June 16, 2017 Share #549 Posted June 16, 2017 in the movie Guadalcanal Diary some of the Japanese soldiers appear to be armed with US KRAG rifles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightpath Posted June 23, 2017 Share #550 Posted June 23, 2017 Hi, I have been watching 'The Green Berets' for the first time (it's still running but I had to stop looking)........ I have no words to describe how bad this movie is....... just one badly done scene after another, the main battle scene when the (very badly set up) camp is attacked is just plain unrealistic in every way possible. I kept waiting for something realistic to happen........... the jungle scenes looked to be filmed on the set of Gilligan's Island. Even if there was any good acting in it that would not make this movie any better. Enough said, Cheers, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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