Other mistake: Whilst swimming towards the Roman shipwreck, the divers appear to be moving at a speed similar to an unrestricted diver wearing flippers. The drag resistance from the air pipe umbilical, together with the divers' lead boots, would make this an unfeasible maneuver in real life. Equally, the divers have no BCD or method of maintaining equal buoyancy and would sink to the seafloor - not swim like a fish. (01:13:14)
Factual error: Whilst Indy and friends dive the Roman shipwreck, they descend and ascend rapidly to and from the sea floor. The conventional method to dive at depth is to descend slowly - to equalise your pressure, as well as to ascend slowly - once more to equalise for the pressure differences. The 3-minute dive duration, with rapid descents and ascent, simply is not possible without the effect of causing serious trauma to the body. (01:09:30 - 01:14:50)
Continuity mistake: When Indy arrives in Tangier at Hotel Le Atlantique, it is evening. A party is going on in the hotel while the auction is being held. A discussion starts, and a fight breaks out. They go outside, and all of a sudden, it is daytime.
Factual error: The German SS soldiers salute superior officers with "Sieg Heil!", which means, "Hail Victory." The proper salute would have been "Heil Hitler!", which was required for all branches of the German armed forces after the July 20th, 1944 bomb plot against Hitler.
Other mistake: Dive boat interior, as the tablet is unboxed, there is a clear lens distortion as Indi looks round to his diver friend and the focus follows - giving a disturbing jolt to the image. (01:08:27)
Suggested correction: It just appears to be the result of the movie doing a slightly unconventional rack focus. I don't think that really qualifies as a mistake. If it does count, it opens far too big a can of worms in terms of various camera techniques being considered "mistakes."
Factual error: When Indy wakes up on the day of New York City's parade for the Apollo 11 astronauts, H.R. Pufnstuf is on the television. The parade was held August 13, 1969, but H.R. Pufnstuf didn't premiere until September 6, 1969.
Continuity mistake: While on the boat, Helena does her 7 spades card trick. When she gives Indy a turn, you can see the bottom card is a black 2. When she fans them out, it changes to black king of clubs. Then, in the next shot, it changes to 8 of clubs. (01:16:00 - 01:17:00)
Suggested correction: Not necessarily a mistake. She could be changing those cards by sleight of hand, while moving the 7 of spades into position for the final force. The mistake was not using the 3 of clubs for it.
Revealing mistake: When Hauke breaks the neck of one of the American soldiers in the plane, it is very obvious that he only rests his hands on the soldier's head without twisting his neck. (01:10:14)
Continuity mistake: Klaber handcuffs Teddy and Hauke, then moves on. He is followed by Hauke, Teddy, and Gunther. In the next shot, Voller and the two unnamed Nazis have suddenly appeared behind Klaber, and Hauke (with Teddy) and Gunther have switched places. (01:48:44)
Continuity mistake: When the soldiers bring Indy to Weber, in the background Voller and the two soldiers with the lance can be spotted already leaving. After Weber finishes interrogating Indy, the three Germans are back in their original places with the lance.
Continuity mistake: After Baxter says "It's for you, Doctor", in the next shot, the phone on his left hand disappears. Also, the illumination of the room where Voller goes in changes between shots. (00:47:12)
Factual error: The Major that salutes Colonel Weber next to the train, credited as Gestapo Officer, has the SS runes on his neck instead of a black square. (00:05:25)
Character mistake: In the plane, Mason says that Voller's associates killed three American civilians. But they only killed two: Mandy and Plimpton.
Continuity mistake: During the conversation in the Tuk-Tuk, Helena's right arm continuously goes from being down to grabbing the roof of the Tuk-Tuk between shots.
Continuity mistake: Voller and his goons are walking through the bridge. Just after Teddy and Hauke fall off, Voller says, "Leave them." Gunther has disappeared. (01:49:22)
Continuity mistake: Weber commands a soldier to open the Lance's box. In the shot of the soldier's hands, a ring has appeared on his left hand. This ring disappears again when Weber says "Doctor."
Continuity mistake: When Helena says "Guten Tag meine freunden", Klaber can be spotted in the background at the cabin already shooting with the machine gun. In a few shots later, he's just arrived at the cabin, holding the weapon, and repeats the action. (02:09:48)
Continuity mistake: Klaber speaks to Voller in German, and then turns and reaches out to grab Indy (all this between the soldiers). But in the next shot, when Klaber grabs Indy, both Americans are now in the cabin. (02:00:02)
Continuity mistake: As the Nazi captain gives orders to the soldiers to grab the sides of the train, the roof of the train is empty. When the captain himself grabs the side of the train, four soldiers appear on the roof. (00:15:40)
Continuity mistake: In the airfield, while Helena and Teddy are hiding behind some barrels, there's a man dressed in brown clothes (clearly not Indy as he's still on the ground) in the background standing behind Voller. This man disappears in the next shot. (01:59:00)
Suggested correction: When Indy arrives, there's a mild light on the horizon, which becomes brighter in perfect continuity throughout the scene, giving away he arrived moments before dawn and that the sun rises while he's inside. When he exits, it's finally daylight.
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