Continuity mistake: When the Japanese ship is about to be torpedoed, there are no numbers or letters on its side. In the next shot, when the ship explodes, a large white "265" is visible on the port side of the ship.
Operation Pacific (1951)
Directed by: George Waggner
Starring: John Wayne, Ward Bond, Patricia Neal, Scott Forbes
Revealing mistake: When the torpedo is fired at a Japanese ship, the underwater shot of the torpedo cruising reveals it being pulled by a long wire. It is also apparent that it was filmed in a tank with the reflection of the sun on the tank wall.
Continuity mistake: Sometimes when they are looking through the periscope, the sub view is going the opposite direction than the periscope view is.
Ens. Caldwell: Gee, that's the first time I ever saw a sub get knocked off.
Duke E. Gifford: How's the picture?
Lt. Larry: Oh, all right I guess, sir... the things those Hollywood guys can do with a submarine.
'Pop' Perry: Take her down.
Question: Why do they look into the scope soon as it starts to rise? The view part would still be in the water.
Question: Why did Cmdr. Gifford (John Wayne) give Ens.Caldwell a bad look when he said it was the first time he had seen a sub knocked off?
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Answer: A good submarine skipper ensure he always has a low periscope profile, as it's easily seen when out of the water too much. That's why he looks through the scope even while underwater, so the scope is only just out of the water.
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