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Anachronisms
In the film, Alfred E. Smith is running for President in 1924, yet in one scene someone buys a newspaper with this news with a Jefferson nickel. This design wasn't minted until 1938.
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In a scene inside a car on the way back from one of Eleanor's speeches in 1924, the background seen through the back of the car window is a Manhattan street scene from the late-1940s.
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Factual errors
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt addressed the 1924 convention, he did not walk to the podium on crutches. His son James supported him on one side, while he supported himself with a cane on the other. This gave more of an appearance of walking to an observer.
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In a scene taking place in January 1922, Franklin says Eleanor loves reading about the Teapot Dome scandal. Teapot Dome did not become public news until the latter half of 1923.
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It has been noted on this page that Roosevelt did not use crutches at the 1924 Democratic National Convention. Even if he had, no competent orthopedist would have given him crutches so short that he would have to lean forward and use them to walk on all fours, as Bellamy does. (Besides, the paralysis would have kept him from moving his legs.) Crutches should be long enough so that the user can stand up straight, support his weight on them and propel himself forward with his shoulder muscles.
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Revealing mistakes
When the train departs to carry the Roosevelt family home from Campobello, there's a shot of the departing locomotive accompanied by typical steam-locomotive-starting-up sounds which are not paced or synchronized with the actual operation of the steam engine.
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