Factual error: When the guys are singing about being in the navy, there is a line about "shovelling tons of coal in the boiler room." By 1925, all existing US Navy coal-burning ships had been converted to oil, and all new ships were built to burn oil.
mdwalker
14th Feb 2025
On the Town (1949)
10th Aug 2022
On the Town (1949)
Factual error: In the US Navy, liberty (what civilians usually call "shore leave") does not commence at 6:00 in the morning. It commences at 1600 (4:00 in the afternoon) and you have to be back on board by 0700 the next morning. Weekend liberty commences at 1600 Friday and expires on board at 0700 Monday.
15th May 2020
On the Town (1949)
Factual error: None of the sailors has either service ribbons or rate insignia on his uniform. Even if they were all fresh out of boot camp, they would have had to have at least a rate insignia.