When Capt. Durrance feels the face and head of the dead soldier outside his tent, the corpse moves his head, lifting and turning it.
When General Burroughs is talking in the garden with Ethne, his swagger stick reverses ends.
After the battle, Faversham stands, and a corpse is lying across Durrance. The corpse then disappears when Faversham assists Durrance to his feet.
As the Royal North Surrey Regiment is marching at their depot to receive orders to the Sudan, all but the officers are carrying a rifle in their right hand.
When they are told to 'stand at ease' in the next shot, none of the men have a rifle shown as they all clap in unison.
When they are told to 'stand at ease' in the next shot, none of the men have a rifle shown as they all clap in unison.
The newspaper account of the climatic battle Dr. Sutton reads to Durrance says "the Dervishes' army flung themselves with fanatical bravery upon the British square". However, the battle scenes show Kitchener's troops were not in a square but were formed in two long ranks, the first kneeling in front of the second.
General Burroughs (C. Aubrey Smith) refers to the "Thin Red Line" at the Battle of Balaclava as the 68th (Durham) Regiment under his command. The Thin Red Line was the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment under the command of Sir Colin Campbell.
Just after the Khalifa moves his troops away from the river owing to the ruse, and the British/Egyptian boats start to move, one of the boats shows a white ensign in which the union flag (in the first quarter) is upside down.
The decoy fires and the fires set by flaming spears are emitting thick black smoke rather than gray or white, showing that they are oil fires.
The simulated shadows of the vultures are far too small, perhaps only one fifth of a believable size when projected from altitude.
The title card at the beginning of the movie uses the British spelling "defenceless", proper for a British movie. The American spelling is "defenseless".
In the early Egyptian military scenes, the Egyptian troops (in blue) are sporting SMLE Mk3s, at least 10 years before their introduction. They should be carrying Matini-Henry MK1 or 2s.
At c.48 minutes a Dervish warrior is seen blowing on a native musical instrument. However, the soundtrack uses the unmistakable sound of a muted (and very modern) trumpet.
During battle scenes, some of the shots have the shadow of the camera and crew in them.