 FAKE: Many of the soldiers turn their heads when firing their  muskets. Although the musket was an inaccurate weapon and this would  have made little difference, by 1776 the practice of turning away  when firing had more or less died out. In fact, the reason the  soldiers here were turning away was because the director didnt  think black powder made enough smoke, and decided to use a mix of  black powder and magnesium (evident by a blue color to the smoke).  This created more of a flash in the pan and made turning away rather  a shrewd move.