Corrected entry: When Cal and Joe are approaching the airfield early in the morning, you can see the wipers moving. But as the jeep pulls closer into view, you can make out through the fog that Cal is moving the wipers manually himself.
This Island Earth (1955)
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Directed by: Joseph M. Newman
Starring: Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Faith Domergue, Lance Fuller
Genres: Sci-fi
Continuity mistake: Three scientists escape from the lab. The car stops and two get out and go into a pond surrounded by water. They dip under the water as the car explodes. When they come up they are still surrounded by water. Next, the German scientist shows up and they dip under the water again. After the explosion the camera shows the two in the pond again but now they're surrounded by reeds.
The Monitor: It is indeed typical that you Earth people refuse to believe in the superiority of any world but your own. Children looking into a magnifying glass, imagining the image you see is the image of your true size.
Dr. Cal Meacham: Our true size is the size of our God.
Trivia: In the shot where scientist Cal Meacham is pulling the power plug from the Interocitor, the post supporting the triangular viewscreen is suddenly taller than in it is in any other scene. It appears to have been lengthened deliberately for this shot in order to raise the viewscreen above the top of the film frame. (00:20:40)
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Correction: I don't see how this is a mistake. Cal and Joe are in an old military jeep that have hydraulically powered wipers. But if the hydraulics go out, they can be operated manually, which he does.
Grumpy Scot