When Homer arrives home after delivering the message of the death of the Hispanic woman's son, a few words are heard of a radio address being given by then First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Although the movie is taking place after the U.S. has already entered the war, this is a famous radio address which Mrs. Roosevelt actually delivered the evening of December 7, 1941, the day Pearl Harbor had been bombed, which drew the U.S. into the war.
When they are in the cinema watching the newsreel, there's a shot of a man carrying a wounded solider across a river. The commentary states "when this country was extending a helping hand..."
The shot actually of an Australian soldier helping a wounded Australian in the Kokoda campaign in New Guinea. The film is footage from Kokoda Front Line, by Damian Parer, who was an Australian combat camera man.
The shot actually of an Australian soldier helping a wounded Australian in the Kokoda campaign in New Guinea. The film is footage from Kokoda Front Line, by Damian Parer, who was an Australian combat camera man.
None of the music heard in the movie is authentic music from the early 1940s, and none of it is of the style of the early 1940s. In addition, the lyrics of the end-title song are completely irrelevant to anything in the movie.
The electrical outlets visible behind Mr. Grogan's desk are modern three-hole grounded receptacles. The film is set in 1942, but grounded outlets such as the ones seen were not in use until the 1960s.
There is no regard for historical women's hair styles. The movie is set in 1942, but none of the female characters have hair styles that would have been seen in that period.