Continuity Problems
During the film's attack sequence in the Hudson Bay, the attacking RCAF bombers inexplicably change from Lockheed Hudsons to Douglas Digby aircraft in mid-scene. A Western Canada Airways Fairchild 71 "CF-BJE" configured as a floatplane, is featured prominently in the Hudson Bay sequence. However, the commandeered floatplane that crashes into the lake bears the visible letters "CF-A".
At the conclusion of 49th Parallel, while trying to escape south to the United States at Niagara Falls, the train is supposedly crossing the border bridge from Canada into the U.S. In actuality the train is shown traveling north from the U.S. to Canada, as the camera (shooting north) shows the river flowing from left (west) to right (east). Later, as the credits roll, the train is supposedly reversing north to Canada, yet the camera (again shooting north) shows the train actually going south from Canada to the U.S. as the river again flows from left (west) to right (east).
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