Factual error: Richard I was not fighting his way back across Europe following the Crusades when he was killed. He had already returned to England and put down John's rebellion before returning to France to put down rebellions there.
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28th Mar 2013
Robin Hood (2010)
26th Mar 2013
The Borgias (2011)
Factual error: In the Pope's coronation procession they play the anthem Zadok the Priest. It was composed by Handel for the coronation of George II in 1727, 235 years after this coronation took place.
26th Mar 2013
Robin Hood (2010)
Factual error: Richard, John and Eleanor are all addressed as "Your Majesty." Henry VIII was the first English king to use that form of address, in the 16th century. Medieval kings and queens were addressed as "Your Grace."
26th Mar 2013
Robin Hood (2010)
Factual error: Nottingham was an important fortified city with a castle in the Middle Ages, not a small village as depicted.
28th Feb 2013
Winds of War (1983)
Factual error: The batman at the RAF station introduces himself as "Aircraftsman Horton" (which also appears on the credits). While a common mistake made by those outside the RAF, the rank is actually Aircraftman, without an "s".
28th Feb 2013
Winds of War (1983)
Factual error: When Pug first arrives in London, a car can be seen driving on the right.
21st Feb 2013
Winds of War (1983)
Factual error: Churchill tells his aide to fetch "Air Vice-Marshal Dowding". Dowding was actually an Air Chief Marshal, two ranks higher, and wears the correct rank insignia for that rank when he is seen later. As a keen military man, this is not an error Churchill is likely to have made.
20th Feb 2013
Restless (2012)
Factual error: One of the US Marine Corps guards in the government building (in 1941) is wearing the single rank chevron of a lance corporal. This rank was not used in the USMC between the 1930s and 1958.
20th Feb 2013
Restless (2012)
Factual error: Whenever the Stars and Stripes is shown it is the modern 50-star version, not the wartime 48-star version as it should be.
19th Feb 2013
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
Factual error: Group Captain Massey is referred to several times, even by British officers, as "Captain" Massey. Group captains are always called group captains.
12th Feb 2013
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
Factual error: Johnnie Dodge wears no medal ribbons. Even if the real Dodge had not had the DSO, DSC and MC, it would be inconceivable that a major who had fought in two world wars would have no campaign ribbons.
12th Feb 2013
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
Factual error: Colonel von Lindeiner was not executed. He testified to the investigation into the Gestapo murders and died in 1963 at the age of 82.
7th Jan 2013
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Other mistake: When giving Sting to Bilbo, Gandalf tells him it is an Elven blade and will therefore glow blue when Orcs are near. However, Glamdring and Orcrist are also stated to be Elven blades, but they do not glow blue.
8th Nov 2012
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
Factual error: MacKenzie is referred to as "Gunnery Sergeant". This is not a rank used by British and Commonwealth forces. He actually wears the rank insignia of a Flight Sergeant.
2nd Oct 2012
Ted (2012)
Continuity mistake: After John and Lori crash into the rear of Donny's car, the front of their car is visibly smashed in. However, when we see their car later it seems more or less undamaged except for a damaged number plate.
2nd Oct 2012
Lost Colony: The Legend of Roanoke (2007)
Factual error: When the wraiths first invade the stockade, one of the officers orders his men to fire their "rifles". This is the 16th century. They're firing muskets.
22nd Jul 2012
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008)
Factual error: The Major and the band are (correctly) summonsed to appear before a magistrates' court for driving without insurance, but then appear before a judge in full robes. Judges do not sit in magistrates' courts.
16th Jul 2012
Paths of Glory (1957)
Continuity mistake: According to one of the characters, the firing squad is drawn from the 3rd Battalion of the 701st Infantry Regiment, the same regiment as most of the other characters. However, all the members of the firing squad (except the officer and sergeant, who are credited characters seen elsewhere in the film) have "710" on their collar patches. This can be seen when the sergeant, who has "701" on his collar patches, is briefing them.
1st Jun 2012
Escape From Sobibor (1987)
Factual error: Some of the SS rank insignia is incorrect. Most of them do wear correct insignia, with two exceptions. Wagner, who is addressed as Hauptscharführer, actually wears the collar and epaulette insignia of the next higher rank of Sturmscharführer. In reality, Wagner held the lower rank of Oberscharführer. Frenzel is addressed using his correct rank of Oberscharführer, but oddly wears the collar patches of the lower rank of Scharführer and the epaulettes of the higher rank of Hauptscharführer. Bauer and Beckmann, on the other hand, wear the correct collar patches and epaulettes for the rank of Oberscharführer which they did hold.
22nd Apr 2012
Joyeux Noël (2005)
Factual error: A very common error in First World War films. British soldiers were not permitted to shave their upper lips until 1916 - in 1914 almost all (unless physically unable to grow them) would have had moustaches.
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