Other mistake: Labiche uses binoculars to view the coupling of the armament train from the control tower (when they are deliberately delaying train coupling), but the binoculars are in the closed/stored position, lenses close together. You cannot view through them like this as they don't line up with your eyes. In a later scene, when Papa Boule is driving the train through an air raid, he uses the binoculars correctly in the open position.
The Train (1964)
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Directed by: John Frankenheimer, Arthur Penn
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon
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One of the great black and white movies made in 1960's. Great story, excellent acting, great action.
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Colonel von Waldheim: Beauty belongs to the man who can appreciate it.
Answer: This appears to be continuity or editing mistake where the binoculars suddenly disappear.
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