As the soldiers leave the water and start up the beach, you can see the shadow of the camera. The shots that kill Pvt.
Martini occur too quickly in succession to have been fired from the indicated bolt-action rifle.
It also would have been impossible to put any weight on the ankle. Shadow of the dolly against the smoke of battle during the invasion of Omaha beach. The direction of the shadow and the geography of the beach indicate that this scene, while set at dawn, was filmed in the afternoon. The word Radar was not used, perhaps even not known in Germany in 1944. Before Obertsleutnant Priller and Unteroffizier Wodarczyk attack the allies, there is some stock footage of ME-109's.