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Anachronisms
The British aircraft pursuing the airship include SE5's, which entered service in March 1917, although the movie is set in September 1915.
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Mustard gas, as supposedly carried aboard the airship, was not used until 1917.
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The German troops attempting to steal the Magna Carta are wearing M1916 Stahlhelme (steel helmets) in 1915. In actual fact, the first helmets were issued to the troops in early 1916, during the fighting at Verdun.
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Factual errors
When handing LZ36 over to the army, Professor Altschul says, "She is our child, please treat her so." Unlike seagoing ships, German airships were referred to as male.
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The crew of the Zeppelin use feet, pounds and mph, whereas being German they would use metric measures, metres, kilograms and kph (or perhaps knots).
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Miscellaneous
When showing Richter-Douglas around the airship, Erika Altschul tells him that the occupants of the observation capsule can communicate with their crew-mates by telephone. However no telephone cable is connected to the capsule.
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