Goofs

In the battle of Torreon, after Villa's troops retreat, and the Federales stand down, one of the scenes has obviously flipped (reversed) film. The Mauser rifle that the soldier is staring down is shown from the right side, but it is in fact the left side of the weapon.

Griffith is shown to be making a short western in New York in 1914. It is a very cloudy and overcast day. In reality, Griffith has already moved his stock company out to California by then, plus he would have known not to shoot on such a cloudy day (there would not be enough light for the exposure). He also did not film any westerns in 1914, and would have been at work on The Battle of the Sexes (1914) at this time.

The movie portrays the death of William Benton as a cold blooded murder for seizing his land. In reality, during the Mexican Revolution, Villa was technically a general of the Constitutional Army, and as such he had requisitioned some of Benton's cattle, with an official promise of a payment. Benton protested and, in an argument, drew a pistol on Villa. He was wrestled to the ground by Fierro, given a court martial for attempted murder and shot.

Irene Hunt was twenty-two years old in 1914. In the real film, she played one of two sisters (this film shows only Teddy Sampson playing one of them), not Villa's mother.

During the battle of Torreon scene, night falls and we see a moon that is half full (1st quarter). The date is given as 30 March 1914, but on that date, the moon was a crescent and would not be half full until several days later on 4 April 1914.

At the beginning of the film, Pancho Villa makes a remark about Charlie Chaplin. This scene takes place sometime between the end of 1913 and the beginning of 1914. Chaplin made his screen debut in January 1914. In any case, there's no chance that Pancho Villa would have known Chaplin's films, considering that at that time (1914) the future star was just only another Keystone employee.

The screen title "May 9, 1914 - New York City" appears over a shot of Times Square. A billboard reads "The Broadway Melody - Metro Goldwyn Mayer". That studio was founded in 1924, and that movie was released in 1929.

When Sam Dreben meets Frank N. Thayer again in 1923, he is shown to have lost an eye and an arm in the Mexican Revolution. In reality, the only combat wound he suffered was a shot in the rear while in Guatemala.