Objects
Physical items that carry narrative significance, from personal possessions to symbolic artifacts that shape the story.
Signature weapon and tool with series-wide narrative significance, distinct from generic accessories like belts or holsters.
The Ark of the Covenant — an ancient, sacred artifact described in-universe as surrounded by death and (per Sallah) unfit for human disturbance. Belloq frames …
The Sankara Stones are a set of five sacred artifacts, each containing a diamond core, that glow with supernatural light after absorbing smoke from Thuggee …
Indiana Jones's personal firearm. Appears carried concealed during a tense bar standoff with Belloq (hand drifting toward it, provoking warnings and heightened tension) and is …
Handgun grabbed by Indiana Jones during the Duesenberg’s frantic escape through Shanghai streets; used to provide covering fire against Lao Che’s sedans.
The Ark of the Covenant: a singular, sacred gold chest topped with two sculpted angels whose divine power is feared and sought by the Nazis. …
Torches used in the Well of Souls: carried and placed by Indy, Sallah, and the dig crew to pierce the darkness of the thirty-foot pit, …
Rugged open-bed military truck commandeered by Nazis to evacuate the Ark from the wrecked Flying Wing. Shliemann orders soldiers to load the crate aboard for …
The Headpiece (medallion) from the Staff of Ra: recovered from a museum display by Indiana Jones and later fitted onto the Staff of Ra base …
A beat-up American baseball cap worn by Short Round during the high-speed chase, flipped backward to signal his readiness to drive. Unlike his gum, this …
The submarine's periscope protrudes from the conning tower, its top three feet exposed above surging water. Indy scrambles onto the turret, lashes his bullwhip around …
A **heavy iron frame** suspended over a **molten lava crevasse** or bubbling lava pit, used in Thuggee rituals to hold victims. It is **lowered/raised by …
A **mine cart** used by Indiana Jones, Willie Scott, and Short Round during their escape from Thuggee cultists in the underground tunnels of the Temple …
Indy's beat-up leather jacket anchors his adventurer identity. He dons it in the plane cabin after shedding his tuxedo, pairing it with his fedora and …
Indiana Jones' shoulder bag serves as a versatile utility container for his gear across multiple high-stakes scenarios. In the Shanghai Duesenberg chase, it holds his …
Indiana Jones approaches the altar in the booby-trapped sanctuary, torch in hand, after testing deadly tiles and spotting a poison-riddled bird. He crafts a dirt-filled …
Small glass vial holds clear liquid antidote to the slow-acting poison given to Indiana Jones. Lao Che places it on the ballroom table as a …
A gold, sun-shaped medallion fragment carried by Marion Ravenwood — the jagged-bottom piece she reveals to Indiana Jones. The broken fragment is the authentic headpiece …
An improvised lifeline Sallah constructs and secures at the five-foot skylight above the Tanis map room. In accounts it is described variously as a sturdy …
A small, personal dagger carried by Short Round throughout *Temple of Doom*, used for self-defense in multiple high-stakes scenes, including the Thuggee assassin attack and …
Two-engine Douglas DC-3 passenger plane used for a frantic escape from Lao Che's men in Shanghai. Parked and revving on Nang Tao Airfield tarmac, it …
The sacred sivalinga, known as the Sankara Stone, embodies Mayapore Village's spiritual core. Stolen by the Thuggee cult from Pankot Palace, its absence triggered drought, …
A single hefty wooden axe handle kept behind the saloon bar. Initially seized and used by Mahdlo to intimidate and scatter brawlers—slamming it down on …
A compact submachine gun present during the Raven bar shootout. It is shouldered by the Second Nazi as Belzig's henchmen storm the bar, later seized …
Heavy iron chains used by Thuggee guards to restrain child laborers (e.g., Short Round) in mine tunnels, enforcing forced digging for Sankara Stones. These shackles …
Large, sturdy wooden crate lowered by rope into the torchlit Well of the Souls. It serves first as a stable platform for Indiana Jones and …
A **dynamic, destructive force** created by the collapse of the quarry cistern, characterized by its **scale, movement, and impact** on the protagonists and environment.
Located in the hidden passage from Willie's suite; used to illuminate the insect-infested floor before the stone door seals Indy and Short Round in darkness.
A grotesque culinary dish served as the second course at the Maharajah's banquet in the Pleasure Pavilion during the Pankot Feast. Servants slit open a …
Indiana Jones picks up the kryta, a small clay figurine resembling a voodoo doll, from the dinner table in the Pleasure Pavilion. He turns it …
Shimmering golden pillows scatter across the floor of the Pleasure Pavilion, serving as luxurious seating for the Maharajah, Indiana Jones, Willie Scott, Short Round, Chattar …
A grotesque dessert course at the Maharajah's feast, where live monkeys are brought to the table, their skulls cracked open with cleavers to expose raw …
Includes the 'Decorative Arrow Piercing Roasted Boar's Stomach' as one of its grotesque presentation features, but is the **entire dish** served as the banquet's first …
A massive, glowing chasm of bubbling molten lava located in the rear chamber of the Kali Thuggee temple, serving as the central sacrificial pit for …
Indy sketches the Staff of Ra in his lecture hall—a tall staff topped with an elaborate headpiece carved with a sun motif. He explains to …
A large taxidermied raven mounted behind the long bar in The Raven Saloon (Patan, Nepal). The raven is a prominent piece of the saloon's visual …
Massive stone pillars prop up the roof of the thirty-foot-deep Well of the Souls chamber at Indy's dig site. They stand intermittently around the altar-surrounded …
A woven basket jostled by Bad Arab escorts through crowded bazaar streets and alleys becomes Indy's sole pursuit target after Marion's cry. He cracks his …
Buzz Kehoe's worn, dilapidated Ford sedan used as his primary transport across multiple sequences. It is driven away from the Shanghai airport (where Indy jumps …
Raised carved stone altar/platform at the center/far end of the snake-filled Well of Souls chamber. The altar functions as the sanctuary and only safe ground …
A large carved stone chest sitting atop the altar in the Well of Souls. Indy and Sallah pry off its heavy lid to reveal the …
The DC-3 Emergency Life Raft is an inflatable survival craft deployed during the DC-3's crash in the Mayapore hills. Indiana Jones grabs the emergency life …
Indiana Jones cracks his bullwhip across the lantern-lit Pleasure Garden and snags the flower from a dancing girl’s dark hair. The delicate bloom, pinned as …
A sleek Nazi prototype aircraft (the Flying Wing) circles and lands on the Tanis airstrip near fuel trucks. Its rear-mounted propellers reverse and spin wildly …
Canvas tents pack the cramped Nazi camp at the Tanis dig site. Indy hugs their taut sides for shadow cover, reads seams to slip through …
Indy snatches the golden broadsword from a Chinese warrior statue on the ballroom stage as gunfire erupts after Wu Han's death. He swings the gleaming …
Rows of glass display cases line the immaculate exhibition hall of Hok’s Museum, securing priceless artifacts under lights. Many cases are linked by thousands of …
Heavy wooden railroad tie used as a projectile during the mine cart chase to slow pursuing Thuggee cult enforcers. Distinct from Short Round's chain-breaking rock, …
Indiana Jones' signature battered fedora — a crumpled felt hat that recurs as his trademark headwear across perilous set-pieces. It is described both as singed …
Clear crystal champagne flute used during tense negotiations between Indiana Jones and Lao Che in Shanghai's opulent nightclub ballroom. Chen secretly slips white powder poison …
A silk-wrapped bundle of breads and fruits prepared by Indiana Jones for Willie Scott. The smooth silk cloth securely packages the contents, which Indiana presents …
Consumable matchstick used by Indiana Jones to briefly illuminate the insect-infested tunnel behind the Ganesha statue, revealing the living nightmare underfoot. Struck after the Sanskrit …
A *curved steel Thuggee sword* seized from a disarmed guard during a tunnel skirmish, used for *close-combat parrying* and *rope-severing* (e.g., collapsing the Bridge of …
Indiana Jones draws a knife during the tense Shanghai ballroom negotiation, pressing its blade against Willie Scott's throat to force Lao Che's compliance after the …
Indiana Jones grabs the serving cart from the ballroom floor amid gunfire and chaos. He pushes it forward as rolling cover against Lao Che's gunmen, …
An open-top German staff car that serves as the lead vehicle for the Nazi convoy. It is outfitted for armed escort (machine gun mount) and …
A long metal skewer threaded with roasted pigeons arrives flaming at Lao Che's banquet table in the Shanghai nightclub ballroom. A waiter flambés the dish …
The Maharajah clutches the small clay doll modeled after Indiana Jones on the quarry balcony. He stabs its torso with a sapphire-tipped turban pin, forcing …
The Maharajah plucks his sapphire-tipped turban pin and drives it into a voodoo doll of Indiana Jones, sending waves of agony through the adventurer as …
Overhead skylight in the Tanis Map Room whose single bright shaft of sunlight pours down and slowly creeps across the carved frescoes and miniature city …
Marion's Baretta automatic pistol, a compact handgun concealed behind the bar in The Raven nightclub. Marion reaches for the weapon during Belzig's interrogation (primed but …
Detachable friction pad used as an emergency brake after the mine cart's lever snaps; kicked by Indiana Jones against the rear wheel to slow the …
A carved stone miniature of the ancient city of Tanis embedded in the Map Room floor. The relief contains a detailed, scaled city layout and …
The Nepalese henchman yanks his Luger pistol from its holster amid the fiery chaos of The Raven bar fight. He levels the compact German semi-automatic …
Several metal oil canisters are lowered into the Well of the Souls. Indy grabs one, splashes its contents in two parallel lines across the six-inch-deep …
Fire extinguisher mounted in the passenger cabin of the DC-3 plane. Bullets strike it during the biplane attack, discharging foam that blasts straight into groggy …
A set of paper plane tickets (originally contained in an envelope) authorizing passage to Siam, produced by Indiana Jones inside the speeding Duesenberg during a …
Guests in the lantern-lit Pleasure Garden smoke cigars after the unnaturally meat-heavy dinner. Indiana Jones, Short Round, Maharajah Zalim Singh, Capt. Blumburtt, and Chattar Lal …
Guests in the lantern-lit Pleasure Garden puff on ornate hookah pipes after the unnaturally meat-heavy dinner. Thick smoke rises from bubbling water chambers connected by …
Visual lighting element integral to the Pleasure Pavilion's opulent and decadent dinner scene, where torch flames cast warm glows over grotesque feasts and heighten the …
A massive woven rattan basket large enough to fully conceal Marion. She first climbs inside and pulls the lid shut to hide in a shadowed …
Indiana Jones carries a small gold and enamel box holding the cremated remains of Emperor Nurhachi into Lao Che's Shanghai nightclub ballroom. He sets it …
Used exclusively in the DC-3 aerial escape sequence; part of the machine gun system that Short Round operates to defend against pursuing biplanes.
A heavy, belt-fed machine gun mounted on a **compact tripod**, originally stored in the DC-3's cargo compartment. During the biplane attack, Short Round hauls it …
A small, logistical bag carried by Short Round during the Shanghai chase and airfield escape, containing the trio's personal essentials (e.g., belongings, possibly Indy's pistol …
A two-part escape mechanism in the Spike Chamber: (1) A **hidden door** embedded in the wall, activated by a lever within a bug-infested hole, which …
Aggressively wielded by Thuggee cultists during the high-speed mine cart chase in shadowy tunnels, used to fire bursts at Indiana Jones, Willie Scott, and Short …
Handheld mining tool repurposed as a weapon by the Thuggee Giant during the quarry fight scene.
A heavy metal chain suspended in the Thuggee quarry cavern, linked to a series of mining buckets used for ore transport. The chain serves as …
Loose, massive boulder grabbed from the tunnel floor during the later phase of the chase. Used by Indiana Jones, Willie Scott, and Short Round to …
A heavy iron bar forcibly removed from a mine cart's braking mechanism and repurposed as an improvised weapon during the escape from Mola Ram's guards. …
Willie Scott scoops loose dirt from the wind tunnel floor inside the Temple of Death and flings it directly into a Thuggee guard's eyes. The …
A single expensive bottle of bourbon slid across the Cairo bar counter by the Arab bartender to Indy as a refill. The bottle is gripped …
The Bantu Wind is an old tramp steamer used as an escape vessel in the Cairo sequence and the subsequent nocturnal crossing. Moored at a …
Belloq sips wine at the corner table in the smoke-filled Cairo bar, German henchmen at his side as he probes drunken Indy. The deep red …
A heavy iron poker Belzig heats in The Raven's fireplace until its tip glows red-hot; he uses it to threaten Marion while demanding the medallion. …
A quickly assembled mini-bazaar of fruit carts, woven baskets, tents, and market goods positioned in a Cairo square by Omar’s allies to mask the entrance …
Wall-mounted trap in a sunlit temple chamber, featuring spikes that spring from opposite sides when sunlight is interrupted. Designed to impale intruders mid-stride and retract …
A lethal firearm with a silver-plated finish and attached silencer, used by Chen or Kao Kan to fatally shoot Wu Han during the ballroom negotiations. …
A grimy ashtray sitting on the table inside Sallah's truck (parked before the Arab bar). Fayah drops a fallen date into its soiled contents while …
A Ganesha statue occupying a niche on the wall in Willie Scott's suite at Pankot Palace. The statue conceals a hidden passage behind it, which …
A single, otherworldly giant insect that crawls up Willie Scott’s body in her Pankot Palace suite, inducing terror and revealing a hidden tunnel entrance behind …
Japanese samurai in Hok’s Museum wield the curved blade to charge Indy and raise it for a killing strike; a second guardian swings it to …
A golden medallion headpiece that caps the Staff of Ra. The artifact is typically described as a welded headpiece which Indy removes from his robes …
A big, black, heavy Thompson submachine gun owned and used by Hok. The weapon appears in multiple scenes: Hok bursts through the museum door to …
Small, lethal poisoned darts used by Hovitos warriors during the jungle pursuit in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Fired from blowguns or launched through foliage …
A sturdy iron rod snatched by Indiana Jones during the Thuggee ritual, used to jam the crankwheel's gears and halt Willie Scott's sacrificial descent into …
Indy slaps a stack of crisp American bills totaling five thousand dollars onto the bar amid the chaos of Marion's saloon brawl purge. Marion leans …
Narrow sleeping cot in Indiana's cramped cabin (against a corner/wall). Serves as the primary sleeping surface and the location for a private, intimate exchange between …
Indy picks up a chicken leg during the meal inside Sallah's truck parked outside the Arab bar at night. This food prop appears amid the …
Indiana Jones drains this fifth of bourbon at a smoke-filled Cairo bar counter while confronting Belloq, its near-emptiness marking his drunken grief over recent losses. …
Indy's weathered hat tumbles from his head during the frantic boulder chase down the temple's narrowing passage, crushed flat by the massive stone that seals …
Indiana Jones's leather holster, used to secure his revolver at his hip. Appears in two key contexts: (1) In the cabin's morning light, Indy fastens …
Indy reaches into his shirt and extracts bundles of cash from a money belt strapped around his waist. Hidden beneath his clothing, the belt holds …
Pocket-sized relics and artifacts rest in niches and ledges along the Hall of Shadows. Indiana Jones plucks them during his calm advance, tarantulas crawling across …
A clear drinking glass of fizzy seltzer belonging to Indy at the Raven Saloon bar. The glass appears during Indy’s interaction with Marion—he holds or …
Indiana Jones seizes a shovel amid the quarry cavern's chaos and swings it hard against a track switch. The blow redirects the empty mine cart …
Two black sedans used by Lao Che and his henchmen during the high-speed pursuit through Shanghai streets, featuring gunfire exchanges with Indiana Jones' group. Distinct …
A pair of *unique, high-value gemstones* (diamond and ruby) presented on rice paper as the 'final payment' for Nurhachi's remains, serving as the *actual stakes* …
Bullets fired by Lao Che's men from pursuing sedans tear through Shanghai's night streets during the Duesenberg chase. They shatter the fleeing car's rear window …
A wooden box containing approximately $5,000 in American bills that Marion hides as Indy's bargaining cash beside the scalding sun medallion. Initially used by Marion …
Marion Ravenwood snatches the whiskey bottle from the shelf behind the bar in The Raven saloon. She pours whiskey into a glass and drinks steadily …
Captors stuff the gag into Marion's mouth inside the Nazi tent, binding her in silence and restraint. Indy rips it free during their charged reunion …
Marion wears the scarf loosely around her neck inside The Raven saloon amid brawling patrons and flickering lamplight. After Indy departs following their tense bargain …
Marion grabs the small wooden box during her private moment at the bar, stuffs Indy's cash bills inside for quick concealment, then sets it openly …
Indiana Jones pulls the frayed piece of cloth from Mayapore from his pocket and holds it against the Sanskrit inscription on the tunnel wall behind …
Chewed date pits scatter across the floor of Sallah’s truck around the dead spy monkey. The messy pile of remnants shows the monkey stole and …
Omar's truck is the vehicle that transports Omar's crew to the desert dig site. In the convoy it pulls up beside Sallah's vehicle and drives …
A servant lights this candle in the lantern-lit Pleasure Garden at night, positioning its steady flame as a precise target. Indiana Jones snaps his bullwhip …
A massive stone cylinder machine *operating at ground level in the quarry cavern*, designed to pulverize rocks into sand. Unlike the Quarry Cistern (a water …
Century-old ropes and planks sway twenty feet above a crocodile-choked gorge, spanning sheer cliffs as the sole escape from pursuing Thuggee cultists. Indiana Jones spots …
Sallah knots a rope around this weathered oil drum among Tanis tents to lower Indy through the map room skylight. Germans spot him and demand …
Sallah's rugged desert truck carries Indiana Jones and Sallah in its cab along a remote road, where Indy slips out to confer with Omar. Arab …
The table fills Sallah's truck cab as the central hub where Indy, Sallah, Amir, Fayah, and the children crowd together. Amir leans over it to …
A vast, writhing sea of snakes (asps) carpets the floor of the Well of the Souls around the altar. As torches gutter and air drains …
A flaming torch snatched by Short Round from the rear chamber wall, used to jam its flames into Indiana Jones' side and break the Thuggee …
A heavy, long-handled metal wrench used by Short Round as an improvised weapon during the climactic battle on the Thuggee cult's ritual platform, distinct from …
Large taxidermied raven mounted behind the bar in Marion Ravenwood's tavern, The Raven. The prop conceals a hidden Beretta automatic pistol within its body; during …
Sturdy wooden chair seized by Indy from the floor of The Raven during the brutal brawl. He smashes it over the Giant Sherpa's head to …
Heavy brass spittoon used as an improvised weapon in The Raven bar (Nepal) during the opening brawl of *Raiders of the Lost Ark*. Seized from …
Indy perches on the barstool amid the saloon chaos until Marion punches him off, toppling him to the floor. It stands as standard furnishing in …
The fireplace blazes in Marion Ravenwood's Nepalese saloon, its coals hot enough to heat an iron poker to a glowing red. Belzig positions himself before …
Heavy curtains in The Raven bar catch fire when a glowing poker tossed during the firefight lands in them. Flames erupt and spread rapidly across …
A black Mercedes limousine that arrives at the palace front gate carrying three German operatives; it screeches to a stop, the three Germans disembark, and …
Heavy sledgehammers used by Thuggee Cultists to smash the rock supports beneath the quarry cistern, triggering a catastrophic flood. Directed by Mola Ram as part …
Firearms wielded exclusively by Mola Ram's elite Thuggee Guards during the mine cart chase and quarry cavern escape sequences. Used for ranged combat against Indiana …
Thuggee priests carry these urns to the altar in the Temple of Death during the blood sacrifice to Kali. The urns billow thick smoke that …
Ceremonial iron chain used exclusively in the Thuggee temple’s sacrificial ritual to bind victims (e.g., Willie Scott) to the altar. Unlike the mine labor chains, …
A large, rusted metal crankwheel embedded in the torchlit stone wall of the Thuggee sanctum, **mechanically linked to the sacrificial frame via a pulley chain**. …
A thin fabric barrier draped over Willie Scott's bed in her Pankot Palace suite, symbolizing her fragile safety before being violently torn apart by Indiana …
Worn exclusively during the Kali Ma sacrificial ritual in the Thuggee cult's temple; symbolizes Willie's forced role as a human sacrifice and her transformation from …
Critical site of Indy’s Thuggee possession in Pankot Palace; contrasts with the gown’s survival narrative.
A standard, visible door serving as the primary exit from Willie’s suite. Unlike the hidden passageway, this door is **locked by Thuggee guards** to trap …
A concealed, architectural feature of the suite, designed as a covert entrance/exit for Thuggee cultists. Unlike standard doors, this passageway is hidden until revealed, serving …
Willie's makeup collection, including lipstick and nail care, which she prioritizes in moments of vanity. In the plane, she uses a compact or kit to …
Indiana Jones, eyes glowing yellow under Kali’s possession, smashes the vase in a burst of rage while tearing apart Willie Scott’s suite. Glass shatters across …
Wooden barrels piled high form a makeshift barricade in the Nazi camp atop the airstrip rise, near the Flying Wing's smoking wreckage. Sallah ducks behind …
A towering fireball surges over the ridge from an earthshaking explosion at the nearby airstrip. Nazis, officers, Arab diggers including Sallah, and Belloq all rush …
Aviation fuel from a ruptured tank truck floods the Tanis airstrip after being struck during the Flying Wing collision. The gasoline forms a wide, volatile …
A dagger wielded by an unnamed 'Bad Arab' during the chaotic bazaar brawl in *Raiders of the Lost Ark*. Dropped and abandoned after Indy disarms …
Indy races down these stairs on the Bantu Wind's lower deck, hurtling from an upper level to gain a vantage point around the corner. The …
Indy cracks his whip through the bazaar melee, knocking baskets of fruit into the air. They tumble and shatter across the cramped square, spilling produce …
Indy cracks his bullwhip through the cramped bazaar, toppling tables laden with market wares. Goods scatter as tables overturn and skid across the square, slamming …
Belloq pours himself a drink in the command tent at Tanis digs during a tense night meeting. The glass catches lamplight as Shliemann, Gobler, Shliemann’s …
A roughly five-foot-long, sturdy ivory rod—elaborately engraved and pale—kept in a wooden case and presented to Belloq during the Tabernacle ceremony. Belloq grasps the rod …
A metal key stolen from the Big Guard's robe during the slave revolt in the Pankot Quarry mine tunnels. Used by Short Round to unlock …
Gripped by British cavalry troopers during the charge to the bridge's edge, used to fire volleys at Thuggee guards and archers below. Delivers suppressive fire …
Marcus Brody holds this compact jeweller's eyepiece to his eye while scrutinizing small Peruvian trinkets scattered across Indy's cluttered office desk. The handheld magnifier enables …
Nazis drag Marion through this cabin door on the ship's lower deck, yanking her out in her white nightgown amid shouts and brute force. The …
Metallic (depicted as golden) rings affixed to the four corners of the Ark of the Covenant and its surrounding wooden crate. These carrying rings are …
A thin crack in the corner of the next catacombs chamber leaks white sunlight into the horror-filled maze of mummies, sarcophagi, skulls, beetles, snakes, and …
Piles of a thousand human skulls stack high in one suffocating chamber of the catacombs, their hollow eye sockets gaping in the faint light amid …
A bright shaft of sunlight pierces the small chamber, casting a defined beam across the floor. Indy hurls a stick through it to trigger wall …
A supernatural swarm of colossal bats with vast wingspans that blot out the sun and cast unnatural shadows over the jungle. First spotted by Short …
Liquor bottles, plates of food, and simple provisions clutter the cramped Tanis command tent at night, scattered amid maps and gear. The provisions signal the …
A covered bowl containing a murky broth with floating eyeballs, served as the third course of the palace banquet. Its revelation—via lifted lid—marks a pivotal …
Bats erupt from a shadowed corner in the catacombs, wings beating as they swarm through the air thick with mummies and skulls. The sudden rush …
Thick crimson cord suspending the massive three-meter brass gong above Lao Che's nightclub ballroom floor. The cord is integral to the gong's mechanical support, and …
A pair of long, sturdy prying levers—each operated by two men under Indiana Jones and Sallah's direction—used during the night dig to force open the …
A luxury Duesenberg convertible with a fabric top, initially parked outside the Dragon nightclub in Shanghai. After Indiana Jones and Willie Scott fall from the …
Indy swims to the amphibious plane skimming the Urubamba River and hauls his dripping body into the passenger compartment, bracing for takeoff as Jock accelerates …
Heavy burning ceiling beam that falls during the collapse of The Raven saloon in Raiders of the Lost Ark; contributes to the firestorm that forces …
A leather strap used by the Fat Guard to punish enslaved children digging for Sankara Stones in the suffocating Thuggee mine tunnels. Its use on …
A single tray of food—loaded with dates, cheese, bread (also described with a chicken leg and grapes in some accounts)—carried into Sallah's crowded truck by …
The cockpit's sliding top panel glides open as the German pilot stands amid the fight, exposing the interior. Moments later, it snaps tightly shut above …
Sturdy blue blocks jammed under the Flying Wing's tires to brace the plane on the dusty airstrip. During the sudden brawl, Marion snatches one, grips …
Amid the smoking wreck of the Flying Wing, this fuel tank detonates in a second, powerful explosion. The blast unleashes a concussion wave that flattens …
Marion strikes the pilot, who slumps forward and jams the cockpit throttle lever to full power. Engines roar instantly, reversed propellers spin like blades nearby, …
Thick rubber tires on the Nazi Flying Wing plane sit firm on the dusty Tanis airstrip, one set pinned by blue wheel chocks placed by …
Half-fleshed, half-skeletal corpse of explorer Forrestal impaled on the chamber's giant spikes. After Indy triggers the trap with a thrown stick (or similar action), the …
The pavement encircles the German Flying Wing at the Tanis airstrip. Fuel gushes from a ruptured tank and floods its surface, turning it slick. Indy …
Thick hose connects tank truck to the Nazi Flying Wing, clutched by German mechanics to pump aviation fuel aboard for takeoff. First mechanic grips it …
Soldiers on Hok's palace walkway yank pistols or rifles from holsters at the explosion's boom, leveling them toward the blast as they charge downstairs. In …
Transparent glass case shields the gilded headpiece, mounted on purple velvet inside Hok’s Museum. Indy leans close to examine its carved details and staff-fitting hollow, …
The guard rail lines the mountain road's hairpin turn. The lead staff car slams into it and bends a section outward. Moments later, Indy's truck …
A bowl-shaped fixture hangs from the ceiling of Sallah's truck cab, swaying amid his children, Fayah, Amir, Indy, and Sallah. Indy tosses a date that …
Marion vaults a wall in a narrow alley and grabs a heavy earthen pot from the surroundings, smashing it down onto a Bad Arab pursuer's …
Indy and Sallah oversee men wielding prying tools on this massive stone slab. Two men flop it fully open, exposing a 30-foot torch-lit chamber ringed …
Permanent textual artifact painted on the tunnel wall beneath a prince's portrait, discovered by Short Round and translated by Indiana Jones to reveal the Thuggee …
Hok fires bullets inside his museum gallery, cutting off Indy's escape. Indy rolls a massive ceremonial gong as a shield. The bullets strike the gong, …
This massive gong booms a deafening clang when Indy smashes the display case with a samurai sword and grabs the Staff of Ra headpiece. The …
Sharpened wooden spears hurled by Hovitos warriors to wound or kill intruders. These thrown weapons appear in the jungle chase and at the temple entrance, …
A dangling rope used by Indiana Jones as a lifeline to climb out of the snake-filled Well of the Souls in *Raiders of the Lost …
Indiana Jones's silver cigarette case, from which he retrieves a cigarette during his aristocratic disguise at Lao Che's ballroom. He lights the cigarette with a …
Heavy brass pot stationed in Indiana Jones’s suite at the Pankot Palace. Used as an improvised weapon to smash a Thuggee assassin’s skull during a …
Rotating blades overhead in Indiana's hotel suite snag Indy's bullwhip during a desperate duel with a Thuggee assassin. The fan's momentum reels the killer upward, …
Sturdy ropes lashed to the wooden crate encasing the Ark of the Covenant. Indy and Sallah rig them to hoist the crate up through the …
Indiana Jones shoulders a bazooka as he bursts into the Tabernacle, aims it directly at the Ark, and demands Marion's release under threat of destruction. …
Indy kicks off his dirt-streaked boots upon entering the cabin, letting them drop beside the cot as he settles wearily with Marion nearby. The act …
Propeller plane slices through blood-orange dusk skies west toward Nepal, its silhouette underscoring Indiana Jones's solitary chase for the Ark. Indy rides aboard during the …
Indy pulls on his reading glasses in his cluttered college office to scrutinize fine print on documents amid Peruvian trinkets and academic clutter. He adjusts …
Indy clutches his improvised leather air bubble in the narrowing underwater tunnel after the submarine rips him free. The six-inch pocket traps scant air against …
Indy draws a knife from his pocket in Marion's tent, its blade ready to slice through her binding ropes during their tense reunion. He positions …
Indy's desk anchors his cluttered college office as the single neat surface, deliberately cleared for Brody's meeting. Teaching assistant Phil sets reference books on it …
Indy splashes oil across the Well of the Souls floor, strikes it alight to carve a fiery path toward the wall and a blazing circle …
A firearm belonging to Indiana Jones, extracted from his bag by Short Round during the DC-3 aerial ambush. Used defensively against attacking biplanes before being …
Indy pours oil into a ring around Marion amid swarming venomous snakes in the torch-lit Well of the Souls, then ignites it to form a …
Indy wears these loose robes as his Arab disguise during the Tanis dig. After smashing the staff's jeweled top to reveal the Ark's location, he …
Cheese sits among the meal items in Sallah's truck during the tense gathering. Indy chooses it over the dates, dodging death as the monkey steals …
Door aboard Indy’s ship cabin that frames Marion Ravenwood’s surprise entrance, staging their emotional reunion. Serves as a **narrative portal for intimacy and banter**, contrasting …
Indy uncoils the special tape measure across the map room's miniature city model. He aligns one end at Belloq's flawed mark for the Well of …
Indy snatches a wooden stick from the chamber floor and tosses it through the shaft of sunlight. The stick interrupts the beam, triggering razor spikes …
Used during the desert chase sequence in *Raiders of the Lost Ark*; Indy vaults from its back onto a moving Nazi truck, demonstrating its role …
Jagged stalactites jut from the ceiling of the tight, wet inclined passage and narrowing corridors in the ancient temple. Torchlight catches their razor-sharp tips amid …
Jock's amphibious plane — a single small seaplane capable of water and land operations — is piloted by Jock to extract Indiana Jones from hostile …
Massive stone elephants perch atop columns lining the edges of a molten lava crevasse in the Thuggee Temple of Death. Indiana Jones latches his bullwhip …
A plate of luxury caviar sits on Lao Che's banquet table in the smoky Shanghai ballroom during negotiations over Nurhachi's ashes. Lao Che orders it …
Singular geological formation exposed by enslaved children in the Thuggee mine tunnels. Reveals a vein of molten lava when dislodged, serving as both a hazard …
A wide chasm filled with bubbling molten lava in the Thuggee mine tunnels, forming a searing barrier that divides the altar from the worshippers' area. …
Simple blanket spread across the floor of the shaman's hut, serving as a bed for the unconscious little boy during his revival. The emaciated child …
Uniformed Nazis slam these cabin doors open on the lower deck as they storm through, rousting messenger pirates and yanking a struggling Marion from her …
Sturdy rope handles secure to each end of the wooden crate holding the Ark. Indy grips one end while Sallah manages the other during descent …
A ceremonial flame urn used in Thuggee rituals, located in the Kali shrine chamber amid skulls and snakes. Maharajah Zalim Singh dips voodoo dolls (e.g., …
A crudely fashioned voodoo doll resembling Indiana Jones, created by Maharajah Zalim Singh as part of the Thuggee cult's supernatural rituals. The doll is used …
Loose rubble and debris piled in the Map Room corner shields Indy's sabotage. He hurls the shattered Staff of Ra pieces behind it after snapping …
A wooden box that contained Marion's $5,000 in cash, present in the center of the Raven bar during a violent brawl. Fire and falling beams …
Marion carries a half-full glass of liquor into Indy's cabin during their nighttime reunion. She holds it close in her prim nightgown, sips amid banter …
Marion wears the white nightgown when Nazis yank her screaming from a cabin on the ship's lower deck. She fights against their brute grip and …
Phil the teaching assistant bursts into Indy's office clutching reference books and gripes that McNabe sits checked out until next month, blocking student access. Indy …
Willie Scott stands before the mirror in her opulent palace suite, checking her appearance to project seductive confidence aimed at Indiana Jones. She adjusts her …
A dagger wielded by Mola Ram during the rope bridge standoff, used as a tool of intimidation and sacrifice. Represents the Thuggee cult's brutality and …
Decayed mummies slump against catacomb walls and litter chambers, their tattered wrappings unraveling amid scattered skulls and choking dust. Indy and Marion squeeze past the …
The Mongolian draws his compact Mauser pistol from hiding amid the Raven bar's collapse, leveling it at Indy through thick smoke and roaring flames. Marion …
Wheeled cart in the Nazi sub base docking bay receives the Ark of the Covenant unloaded from the surfaced submarine. Nazis position the wooden crate …
A ragged, improvised rope made from tied tunics, robes, pants and other clothing whose topmost and most visible section is a bright Nazi flag. Sallah …
Belloq, Shliemann, Golber, Belzig, and aides cram stacks of administrative papers and personal effects into packs inside the command tent during a frantic evacuation. Explosions …
Officers (Belloq, Shliemann, Golber, Belzig) and their aides hastily cram papers and personal effects into packs beside/inside the command tent after an airstrip explosion. The …
Nazis shoulder the crated Ark using long poles, lifting it steadily from the Bantu Wind's hold and marching it across the deck to the transport …
The Nazi staff car thunders through Cairo's crowded streets and narrow alleys in hot pursuit of Indy's truck. Driven by a blond officer with Belloq …
The front bumper of the Nazi truck carrying the Ark strikes a broken guard rail during Indy's high-speed escape down the mountain road. The impact …
A slim neck chain worn by Marion that secures Indiana Jones's sun-shaped medallion during the standoff in "The Raven." Marion slips the medallion free and …
Permanent ladders embedded in the mine tunnels, used by freed enslaved children to climb toward the altar during their revolt. Part of the mine’s infrastructure, …
The fountain stands in the lantern-lit Pleasure Garden at night, its cascading water creating a veil of sound that masks conversations. Chattar Lal positions himself …
A writhing mass of anthropoids, hexapods, and arachnids blanketing the floor of the Pankot Palace tunnel, crunching underfoot as Indiana Jones and Short Round crawl …
A compact 9mm Luger pistol drawn by the Nazi/German pilot during the chaotic brawl beside the Flying Wing at the Tanis airstrip. The pilot trains …
A communique dispatched too early to Nazi superiors in Berlin ignites conflict inside the Tanis command tent. Shliemann berates Belloq for the premature update on …
Purple velvet fabric lines the base of the glass case displaying the gilded headpiece. Indy leans close to inspect the headpiece above it, tracing exquisite …
Indiana Jones strikes this rail mechanism with a shovel during the mine cart escape. The switch diverts their speeding cart onto the wrong tunnel branch …
Bottles of scotch, bourbon, vodka, gin and other spirits line the shelves and bar counter of Marion Ravenwood's Raven Saloon in Patan, Nepal. Marion's familiarity …
A battered steaming metal kettle Sallah uses to serve water to breakfasting German soldiers in the Tanis camp. In the scene he pours clear water …
Heavy adjustable monkey wrench snatched by the Second German Mechanic during the airfield brawl. He swings it at Indy with brutal force amid roaring propellers …
A coarse burlap sack used by Short Round in the mine tunnels to treat the Fat Guard's lava burns, distinct from other tools or weapons …
Short Round grabs a vine from an overhanging tree branch in the lower jungles, pulls it down to reach clusters of wild fruit, and feeds …
Explicitly crafted from solid silver, these doors are a centerpiece of the Pleasure Pavilion’s opulent decor, framing the arrival of Maharajah Zalim Singh during a …
A six-inch pocket of air, tinted blue, clings to the rock ceiling of a narrowing, black-water-filled tunnel. Indy rockets up from the flooded passage, breaks …
Massive spikes that burst from the walls and descend from the ceiling of the spike chamber, thrusting inward with lethal force toward Indiana Jones and …
Indy and Marion push through a tight maze of chambers where stacked sarcophagi loom amid mummies, skulls, beetles, snakes, and bats. Torchlight catches their ancient …
Towering stacks of military supplies—ammunition crates, radio racks, and logistical gear—fill the three-story German command cavern around the white-silk Tabernacle. The piles function as storage …
A German military jeep becomes immobilized in sand at the excavation camp, wheels buried near the tents. The vehicle is the focus of a tense …
A linked set of small electric-powered mine cars operating in the Nazi sub-base docking bay. The train is used to transfer the Ark (and accompanying …
A single submarine seen across contiguous periscope scenes: it surfaces in a moonlit ocean with its tall periscope jutting above choppy waves while Indiana Jones …
Thick, entwined clump of seaweed drifts through the dark underwater tunnel, its dense tangle snagging Indy's makeshift leather air pocket as he clings to the …
Scattered wooden crates litter the abandoned Tanis excavation near the airstrip, forming makeshift barriers amid dusty earth and stalled digs. Indy and Marion crouch behind …
Several large fuel tank trucks park near the runway at the Tanis digs airstrip, their tanks loaded with aviation gasoline to refuel the Nazi Flying …
Radio equipment occupies the cramped Nazi command tent at Tanis digs, enabling direct communiques to Berlin. Shliemann invokes its authority during arguments with Belloq, Gobler …
Charts and maps paper over tables and walls in the cramped Tanis command tent. Shliemann jabs at Belloq's miscalculations traced on them; Gobler scans operational …
Teaching Assistant Phil barges into Indy's office carrying an arm-load of thick reference books under one arm. Indy takes the stack and shelves them amid …
The glass window of The Raven bar that Belzig dives through to escape after the medallion sears his hand. The pane shatters outward during the …
A Nazi U-boat known as the Wurrfler that navigates narrow underwater cliff tunnels and later surfaces at the cavernous Nazi sub base dock to offload …
Heavy metal hatch atop the conning tower of the Nazi U-boat The Wurrfler seals the deck from the interior compartments. The Captain and his aides …
Fixed metal ladder rises from the flooding main deck along the submarine's conning tower to the turret top. Indy seizes its rungs, hauling his soaked …
Thick, tangled marine vegetation and vines cling to and drape through a narrowing underwater tunnel. Clumps tug at Indiana Jones and tear his leather air …
Used exclusively during the rope bridge ambush in the gorge, where Thuggee archers target Indiana Jones, Willie Scott, Short Round, and British cavalry from clifftop …
A silk strangulation cord used exclusively by Thuggee assassins for stealth killings, distinct from combat weapons like the Thuggee sword. Wrapped around fists with skull-capped …
A makeshift flaming landing strip created by Indy, Sallah, and their crew in the Well of Souls: torches lowered and lines of oil spread and …
Indy pours parallel lines of oil across the writhing snakes infesting the Well of the Souls, then ignites them with torches to produce a six-foot-wide …
The truck's rearview and side-view mirrors mount on the cab exterior and interior, reflecting the chaotic pursuit of Nazi motorcycles and staff cars along the …
A submerged, solid rock ceiling forming the narrowing cliff tunnel. During the sequence Indy is swept through black water, rockets upward, and repeatedly smashes his …
The surface excavation and resulting overhead opening that Indy, Sallah, Omar, and their crew dig to access the Well of Souls. The pit is laboriously …
Thick, ancient stone wall enclosing the Well of the Souls tomb in *Raiders of the Lost Ark*; serves as a structural barrier breached by Indy …
Nazis slam this massive heavy stone door shut on Shliemann's orders, sealing the Well of the Souls chamber and trapping Indiana Jones and Marion inside. …
Clusters of fragile snake eggs lie scattered amid the undulating sea of serpents in the Well of the Souls. Mother snakes deposit them continuously, and …
Used as improvised weapons during the rope bridge collapse over the crocodile-filled gorge; distinct from other objects in Short Round’s inventory.
Torn during plane crash; remains ruined throughout overland trek, symbolizing Willie’s shift from glamour to survival.
Colorful exotic birds kept on a golden stand in Willie Scott's suite, which shriek and flap their wings when Willie enters disheveled and insect-covered. Serves …
A simple wooden stool in Willie Scott's lavish suite, repurposed by Indiana Jones as a stepping platform to reach her bed and confront a grotesque …
Willie Scott slips into silk pants and an Indian-style brocade bodice top behind a screen in her palace suite, her hands trembling as she prepares …
A concealed portal connecting Willie Scott’s opulent suite to the underground temple tunnels, physically marked by Willie’s desperate escape (insects clinging to her clothes) and …
Sturdy wooden poles that Indy and Sallah pull from a crate and thread through rings on the Ark of the Covenant and its wooden shipping …
Tall Captain unlatches the wooden case inside the Tabernacle, revealing the ivory rod that Belloq lifts for his Ark ritual. Nazis surround it during Indy's …
Sturdy metal rail runs aft of the main deck on the submerging U-boat Wurrfler. Indy grabs it tightly for support as he hauls his soaked …
A fixed metal aft mast rising from the conning tower of the German U-boat The Wurrfler, located alongside the periscope and crowned with an aftmast …
Torpedoes loaded in the tubes of the German U-boat Wurrfler target the Bantu Wind during a tense standoff on the conning tower. The Wurrfler's captain …
Flammable decorative bunting made from yak skin drapes the ceiling of The Raven tavern. During the brawl/interrogation the material is ignited (accounts vary on the …
Abner Ravenwood’s journal article spreads open under the DC-3’s single seat lamp. Indiana Jones hunches over its pages alongside a hand-drawn map of Nepal, scrutinizing …
Golden sculptured angels perch atop the Ark of the Covenant, their intricate forms gleaming in torchlight. Sallah fixates on them, entranced and reaching out, until …
Auditory element distinct from physical club structures; serves as a sensory bridge for Short Round’s entry and atmospheric contrast to his outsider status.
Bang Chow grips this compact black suitcase as he steps from Kehoe's slowing car and strides toward Tengtu Hok's walled gate. Its plain, unadorned surface …
The gangplank spans from the mist-locked Cairo pier to the tramp steamer Bantu Wind under night skies. Its top end glows in a single pool …
Nazi soldiers smash open this sturdy door to the Bantu Wind's cargo hold, breaching the barrier that had concealed the crated Ark of the Covenant. …
Pirates carry crates and bundles of these final stores across the mist-locked Cairo pier and load them aboard the tramp steamer Bantu Wind under a …
A huge Arabian sword hides in the cramped sunlit aisle of the small bazaar, rigged as a mechanical trap that swings down abruptly to slash …
A vendor booth stands amid the small bazaar, its key support pole propping a towering stack of pots and pans. Indy snaps his whip to …
Sturdy vertical pole anchors a market stall stacked high with pots and pans. Indy cracks his whip to sever it clean, toppling the overloaded tower …
A precise mosaic pattern marks the baseline on Belloq's detailed scale model of the map room area. Indy leans close to examine it, tracking sunlight's …
Belloq wears the pith helmet atop his safari outfit as he confronts exhausted Indy at the temple entrance. It crowns his head while he cajoles …
Indiana Jones examines Belloq's intricate scale model of the Tanis site and spots the red-painted marker on one miniature building. A taut white measuring tape …
Belloq's painstaking scale model fills the map room table as a detailed diorama with miniatures, a red-painted marker, and a taut white measuring tape stretched …
A taut white calibrated measuring tape stretches across Belloq’s detailed scale model of the Tanis site, strung from a red-painted miniature building back to a …
Belzig carries this black leather case into Marion's tent alongside Shliemann and Govler. Its arrival interrupts Belloq's interrogation, instantly escalates the threat to Marion, and …
A brilliant white silk tabernacle/tent, pitched conspicuously in the German command center amid ammunition crates and radio racks as a captured religious relic. The tent's …
Flames engulf the rope bridge spanning the canyon chasm, consuming frayed ropes and splintered planks amid thick smoke. Indiana Jones crawls upward hand over hand …
Narrow tunnel carved from the earth below the Thuggee temple's altar chamber, connecting the child labor mines directly to the space behind the sacrificial altar. …
Wooden barrels line the narrow alley walls amid Cairo's bustling market outskirts. Indy's truck races through, tires inches from splintering them against doorframes as the …
Pottery wares line vendor stalls along the heavily trafficked Cairo street, stacked in colorful displays amid the bustling bazaar chaos. Indy hauls Marion past them …
Rustic wooden carts laden with fruits, spices, and market goods crowd the narrow alleys of Cairo's outskirts. Indy's truck and the pursuing Nazi staff car …
Slender towers pierce Cairo's ancient skyline in the establishing montage, their pointed spires and domes rising sharply against the day sky. The camera opens on …
Two thugs haul this large canvas-covered rattan trunk across a deserted square amid machine-gun fire. Marion screams from inside as they toss it into a …
Captain Simon Katanga puffs on this pipe from the Bantu Wind's rail under a single pool of light on the misty Cairo docks. Its ember …
Footsteps echo through the wet, dark cavern draped in plant life and razor stalactites. Loud drips, whistling drafts, and scampering claws intermittently overpower or magnify …
Loud water drips fall from the wet cavern ceiling amid hanging plant life and razor stalactites. These intermittent sounds echo through the dark interior, sometimes …
Intermittent whistling drafts rush through the wet, dark cavern interior, where plant life hangs thick and razor stalactites jut overhead. These air currents produce sharp, …
Servants in Tengtu Hok's palace tea room ceremonially deliver tea as a beverage to three German officers seated before the enthroned general. The offering accompanies …
Chaise lounge in Indiana Jones's private suite, positioned in front of his bed. Serves as Short Round's makeshift sleeping spot during the nighttime ambush by …
A deceptive weapon disguised as a snuff bottle, used by Chen to dispense fine white poison powder across the negotiation table's cash and valuables. This …
Sparse tufts of scrub brush embedded in the sheer cliff face, 300 feet above the crocodile-infested gorge. Serves as precarious handholds for Indiana Jones during …
A narrow rock ledge protrudes from the cliff face 300 feet above a crocodile-choked gorge. Indiana Jones shoves Willie Scott and Short Round onto it …
Thick dust-covered cobwebs disguise this deceptive floor in the sanctuary's sunlit foyer, mimicking solid stone. Satipo steps onto it and plummets into the black pit …
A cold wind slips through the hut's cracks and door into the nighttime stillness, shattering the suffocating quiet. It rouses Indiana Jones with primal unease, …
Colonel Musgrove snaps open his leather briefcase on Indy's lecture hall desk and withdraws a single sheet—the intercepted Nazi communique detailing Tanis and the Staff …
Musgrove extracts a single sheet from his briefcase in Indy's lecture hall. Indy scans it and quotes key lines: 'Tanis development proceeding. Acquire headpiece, Staff …
A large, heavy metal door sits halfway down a wall toward the Tabernacle in the Nazi command center at the tunnel's end. Bold German stencils …
A small bird carcass lies on a white tile in the sanctuary, pierced by dozens of tiny poisoned darts fired from hidden floor holes. Indy …
Portable survival equipment distributed by crew members during the biplane attack; their distribution and uselessness amplify panic and desperation among passengers.
Emergency life raft gear cover inside the DC-3 plane, torn open during the Himalayan crash to reveal survival instructions.
A single seat lamp glows dimly inside the DC-3's night cabin, casting meager light on Abner Ravenwood's journal article and hand-drawn Nepal map. Indiana Jones …
Dead vines hook into the walls and frame the narrow stone landing's entry, strung taut like invisible tripwires that narrow the opening. Torchlight reveals skeletons …
A hidden cache of contraband firearms and ammunition (pistols and rifles) concealed inside a decoy basket used during the alleyway chase; when Indy cracks his …
Jock fires up the engines of his amphibious plane on the Urubamba River at dusk, their roar propelling the aircraft across the water's surface into …
Three elephants march westward across rolling hills in solemn procession, their massive silhouettes etched against the enormous blood-orange sun sinking on the horizon. The dying …
Fierce-looking men stride through Cairo's narrow bazaars in these tattered galabiyas. Ragged fabric hangs loose on their frames, blending with black-gowned women and barefoot children. …
A five-foot square skylight blends into the Tanis dig tents, concealing the shaft to the ancient map room below. Indy and Sallah, disguised as local …
Human skeletons carpet the narrow stone landing floor, flattened and layered from past victims into a brittle surface that cracks underfoot. Indiana Jones lowers torchlight …
An expansive underground passage serving as the primary escape route from the chute, later transformed into a deathtrap by a cult-triggered tidal wave. Central to …
A *narrow side branch* off the main mine cart tunnel, used as an escape route during Mola Ram’s flood trap. Claustrophobic and pitch-black, it shields …
Narrow footbridge spans the moat from Hok’s Palace second-floor walkway to the museum entrance, serving as an exposed chokepoint. General Tengtu Hok leads German soldiers …
A single pool of light bathes the top of the gangplank on the mist-shrouded Cairo docks at night. It spotlights Indiana Jones and Marion's prolonged …
A gilded headpiece—ornately carved with a round hollow at its base to mount atop a staff—kept in General Tengtu Hok's museum in Shanghai (resting on …
Rafts launch from a semicircle of ten German wolf submarines on the horizon, their deck guns trained forward. Multiple heavily-armed boarding parties ride these rafts …
Heavy bulldozers rumble across the vast Tanis dig site under Nazi control, their blades gouging earth in relentless excavation. One machine lumbers toward a distant …
Stacked crates of munitions, dynamite sticks, and firearms fill the open rear of a speeding German truck. A woven basket drops into the volatile pile …
Deck guns mounted atop a semicircle of ten German wolf submarines train directly on the Bantu Wind as the vessels close in. Crews man these …
Towering paper-mâché dragon dominates the ballroom stage amid thick smoke. Red eyes glow as jaws part and exhale clouds, releasing Willie Scott for her performance. …
A golden perch stands in the opulent INT. WILLIE'S SUITE at Pankot Palace, holding two exotic birds as part of the lavish decor with billowing …
Hand-drawn map of Nepal rests under the dim seat lamp aboard the DC-3. Indiana Jones hunches over it next to Abner Ravenwood's journal article, his …
Thick tendrils of wet vegetation drape from the ceiling and walls of the tight, inclined temple corridor, forming hanging plant life that turns the wet, …
Hook secures massive ceremonial gong high in Hok's museum gallery until Indy yanks the gong free amid gunfire. Fixture withstands initial tear but loses its …
Indy leaps onto the sturdy marble bench in Hok's museum gallery as bullets fly and the gong rings. Its height serves as launch point for …
Narrow aisle flanked by display cases in Hok’s Museum transforms into a tense movement corridor and battleground. Charging samurai rushes down its length toward Indy, …
Priceless ancient artifacts fill Hok’s museum exhibition hall, showcased in glass cases and on velvet cushions. Indiana Jones catalogs them intently from the ventilation grate, …
A massive ceremonial hammer crashes down behind Indy in Hok’s Museum after he shatters a display case with a samurai sword and grabs the Staff …
The marble floor shines across Hok’s museum exhibition hall, its polished surface catching light as the ventilation grate slides over it. Indiana Jones peers through …
Glass display case locks the Staff of Ra headpiece inside Hok’s Museum. Indy swings a samurai sword to shatter it, glass exploding as he grabs …
Indy leaps behind this marble column in Hok's museum gallery as Hok unleashes machine gun fire. Bullets rip into the stone, blasting chunks and turning …
The high skylight above Hok’s museum gallery that Indiana Jones dives headfirst through (launching from a marble bench), violently shattering its glass as shards rain …
A resonant chime rings out in the entry hall of General Tengtu Hok's palace, marking his bombastic entrance. Dressed in a gaudy gold robe, Hok …
Freshly made breach in the rear wall of Hok’s Museum exposes the interior through several removed stone blocks. Kehoe pushes a trash container directly in …
Two Hovitos escorts carry long blow guns during the confrontation at the temple entrance. These slender weapons hang ready across their bodies, part of the …
Massive doors serving as the ceremonial threshold to Tengtu Hok’s palace, designed to underscore his brutish dominance through ritualized humiliation of German officers. Their size …
Buried deep in the Chachapoyan temple sanctuary, this massive unseen mechanism rumbles to life with a low growl that builds to a thunderous roar when …
Huge scarabaeid beetles crawl across the catacombs walls amid mummies and skulls, their scuttling movements heighten the creepy atmosphere and sensory danger. Marion and Indy …
Door in a remote Himalayan hut where Indiana Jones and Short Round take shelter; serves as a breach point for cult danger, framed by intruding …
A coordinated formal outfit worn by Indiana Jones during his university professor disguise at Pankot Palace, consisting of a tweed jacket, necktie, and other academic …
A narrow, steep underground passage presented as a shortcut by Indiana Jones in *Temple of Doom*. It becomes a deadly flood conduit after a cult-triggered …
A collection of loose rocks and boulders scattered across the quarry cavern floor, used by Indiana Jones as improvised weapons during his brutal fight against …
Vibrant wall paintings cover the walls of Indiana Jones's opulent suite in Pankot Palace, portraying lavish palace interiors, sweeping landscapes, life-size figures of Rajput princes, …
Indy keeps open books, monographs, maps, and drawings spread across his study desk. These detail the Ark of the Covenant. Brody eyes them as he …
Indiana Jones yanks off one rugged boot and hurls it at the clock in his suite, spiking it with frustration amid interrupted rest. He later …
Bread rests on the food spread inside Sallah's truck under night skies outside the Arab bar. Indy selects it during headpiece triumph, while the monkey …
A sturdy wall hook in Indy's cramped ship cabin suspends his coiled bullwhip and leather jacket within arm's reach. Indy yanks both free as unnatural …
Indy pulls a small plain canvas drawstring bag from his jacket pocket in the domed sanctuary. He scoops loose dirt from the altar floor, packs …
Indiana Jones grabs chalk and sketches a diagram on the lecture hall blackboard, showing the Staff of Ra's precise height aligning the headpiece to channel …
Indiana Jones wears this formal black tuxedo to impersonate a wealthy aristocrat amid the Shanghai nightclub's gilded ballroom. The sleek outfit lets him navigate opulent …
Marcy Brody rings the doorbell at midnight outside Indiana Jones's well-kept Tudor house. The chime announces her arrival and prompts tuxedo-clad Indy to open the …
Indy carries the smooth, nearly seven-foot wooden staff among the Tanis tents, disguised as a digger. He lowers it to probe the five-foot square skylight …
An old, parked car occupied by Indiana Jones outside The Raven saloon in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' (Ep 1); used for a solitary, brooding …
A large-format reference book kept on Indiana Jones's classroom lectern that Indy pulls out and flips open to reveal a dramatic color illustration of the …
Sofa sits before a roaring fire in Indy's parlor. A silk-gowned Harlow-type woman lounges across it, sipping champagne with composed glamour. Brody freezes mid-stride in …
Indiana Jones perches on a high dune and sights through the surveyor's instrument, twisting its dials to capture exact bearings from the map-room coordinates. He …
Fresh tire tracks mark the dusty ground of Omar's square where Indy barrels his truck into the open garage. Two Arab boys grab brooms and …
Indy wears a formal tuxedo inside his well-kept Tudor house when he opens the front door at midnight. The outfit marks his dressed-up state amid …
A hidden lever lurks inside a disgusting, insect-infested hole in the claustrophobic tunnel wall, swarming with crawling bugs and slime. Willie Scott jams her hand …
Intermittent lanterns line the cramped, low-ceilinged train tunnel, casting flickering pools of light as the Ark and its entourage inch forward. The dim flames illuminate …
Indy dives onto this cabin seat in Jock's plane, lying across it and scrambling to pull his full body up as refuge from the boa …
Indy swims to Jock's amphibious plane skimming the Urubamba River at dusk and grabs the metal strut as a handhold. He pulls himself aboard with …
Plural group of twin-wing fighter biplanes piloted by Kao Kan and his unnamed wingmen, operating in coordination during the ambush of the DC-3. Their collective …
The front passenger seat of Kehoe's car, including its padded cushions. During the escape scene Kehoe guns the engine, slamming Indy back into this seat; …
Ornate pagoda prop in Shanghai's Club Obi-Wan (Temple of Doom), used for concealment during Short Round's reconnaissance and later as cover during gunfire. Framed by …
Part of a larger cash offering rejected by Indiana Jones as insufficient; serves as a narrative distraction during the verbal standoff, emphasizing the tension but …
A thick bundle of crisp paper banknotes, distinct from the gold coins also present on the table. Symbolizes Lao Che's conventional (and rejected) payment offer …
Large black tarantulas scuttle from shadows in the narrow temple corridor and Hall of Shadows. They crawl onto Indiana Jones's back and jacket as he …
A large kettle brimming with steaming stew stands in the Nazi camp. The Hungry German points to it and barks orders at Sallah, who abandons …
Loose-fitting robe drapes the final Bad Arab escort in the crowded bazaar chase. Indy snaps his whip low, snags the garment, and yanks it down …
Life-sized paintings of armed guards adorn the walls of Indiana Jones's suite, passing as ordinary decorations. Indiana Jones walks past them while distracted. One painting …
The dying boy clutches this small, tattered cloth fragment—a remnant of an ancient miniature painting etched with cryptic markings and the name 'Sankara'—before pressing it …
Single removable brick in the spike chamber of Pankot Palace (Temple of Doom), used by Short Round as a tool to escape the descending ceiling …
Willie Scott dislodges this loose stone from the tunnel wall during her panic in the claustrophobic passage. Its removal exposes a hidden hole swarming with …
A low steel ventilation grate sits near the floor on the rear wall of Hok’s museum. Indiana Jones moves it open to slip inside covertly, …
Indiana Jones draws on these precise coordinates gleaned from the ancient map room to perform expert triangulation. Perched atop a high dune, he sights through …
A small building model stands among the detailed miniature city replica carved into the Map Room floor. Indy seats the Staff of Ra and tweaks …
Indy seats the Staff of Ra into this base, a precise structure with aligned depressions that hold the staff upright. He turns the headpiece atop …
The chamber floor of the Map Room is carved into a precise miniature replica of ancient Tanis. An elaborate mosaic line runs across the model …
Walls of the underground Map Room chamber display intricate carvings and frescoes that depict scenes of ancient Tanis, visible as Indiana Jones drops in and …
Rumbling mine cars push the Ark of the Covenant through the cramped, lantern-lit train tunnel. Low overhead clearance forces Shliemann, Belloq, and the entourage to …
A mirror captures the supernatural assassin's face, which distorts into a reflective surface showing glowing yellow eyes. Indiana Jones stares into it while pinned and …
The Monkey Man, posing as a shabby beggar on a Cairo street, wears a dirty turban that completes his ragged disguise. He catches the stolen …
The eye patch covers one eye on the Monkey Man, a shabby beggar who grabs the stolen pet monkey on a Cairo street. It bolsters …
The small monkey munches on a piece of flat Arab bread in Sallah's crowded dining room, crumbs falling amid childish chaos from his nine children. …
Shards explode outward in a shower across the lower museum roof when Indiana Jones smashes through the skylight. The debris scatters underfoot, creating immediate hazards …
Narrow ventilation duct opening in Hok's museum gallery provides Indy's intended escape route during the shootout. Hok bursts in and rakes it with gunfire, blocking …
Two motorized assault rafts hug the ship's hull below the upper deck rail. Indy spots them while racing across deck, their engines cutting through waves …
The Nazi convoy travels far below Indy's ridge position, a line of military trucks snaking through the desert like a wagon train. Indy shadows it …
The desert road winds far below Indy's parallel ridge, carrying the Nazi convoy through open terrain. Indy spots it from his concealed vantage and deliberately …
A single mine car operated by Nazi soldiers in the dark tunnels of Nepal during the opening sequence of *Raiders of the Lost Ark*. Serves …
Large wooden water barrels stand clustered among the canvas tents of the Nazi excavation camp. Indy, Sallah, and Marion duck behind them for cover, peering …
Indy kicks the brake pedal aside as the Truck Driver reaches for it, then slams this accelerator pedal in the Nazi truck cab. The pedal …
Part of the truck's hydraulic braking system in the cab; kicked aside by Indiana Jones to prevent the driver from stopping the vehicle during a …
A heavy canvas tarp stretched tightly over the open bed of the Nazi military truck. It blocks rear sightlines for the armed Nazis crammed in …
Volatile contents packed inside the Nazi truck erupt into flames when the vehicle crashes into a wall and rolls during the desert chase. The cargo …
The steering wheel sits at the heart of the pursuing Nazi truck's cab during the desert chase. The German agent grips it tightly, momentarily pausing …
Indy barrels his truck through the open door into the garage; it slams shut behind him, sealing his entry. Omar's allies immediately unfurl tents over …
Pan Am Clipper flying boat glides over Pacific waters in daylight, then pierces night clouds. Single shot conveys Indiana Jones's rapid transit across vast ocean, …
Indy slides down steep sandy slopes along the parallel desert ridge, kicking up loose grains to match the distant Nazi convoy's pace while staying hidden …
A colossal boulder, shaped to seal the temple's inclined passage perfectly, bursts around the corner in pursuit of Indy. It obliterates stone walls, sends stalactites …
A stretch of Peruvian desert ridge where towering sand dunes and deep gullies interlock: steep, shifting dune faces force Indy to climb, slide, and time …
An enormous hammer poised above a seven-foot golden gong in Hok’s museum. Thousands of fine threads radiate from the hammer, spiderwebbing across the ceiling and …
The polished stone pedestal rises flush at the sanctuary's altar center, cradling the tiny jeweled idol on its smooth surface. Indiana Jones swaps the idol …
Indiana Jones grabs this overhead block and tackle pulley system in the quarry cavern amid gunfire from Mola Ram's guards. He swings across the gap …
A towering stone cistern *elevated above the quarry tunnels*, holding half a million gallons of water and serving as a weaponized flood source during the …
Handgun taken from Thuggee cultists during the quarry battle; later used by Indiana Jones in the mine car chase before being wrested away and abandoned.
Kehoe pushes this trash container into position in the alley behind Hok’s Museum to block a freshly cut hole in the rear wall. The container …
Large black machine gun mounted in the back of the rear Nazi staff car, manned by a gunner. Indy spots it as the vehicle pulls …
Small building in Belloq's detailed scale model of the Tanis site stands marked with red paint as a key reference point. Taut white measuring tape …
Roaring fire blazes in the parlor fireplace of Indy's house. A silk-gowned Harlow-type woman lounges before its warm glow, calmly sipping champagne. Brody freezes at …
Jagged opening in the temple roof, connecting the overhead mines to the ritual chamber. Short Round uses this hole to swing across on a collapsing …
Sallah snatches a sturdy serving utensil from the camp's cooking setup and dips it into steaming stew to scoop portions for the barking German. The …
Indy, Sallah, and Sallah's children—Fayah and Amir—pick at a tray of simple foods inside Sallah's truck parked before the Arab bar at night. Chicken leg, …
A hanging lamp with an open bowl swings from the truck's interior ceiling, casting flickering light over Indy, Sallah, Amir, Fayah, and the monkey during …
Iron holders flank the sanctuary doorway and cradle a pair of aged torches. Indy grabs one, lights it, and probes white-and-black floor tiles for traps, …
Indiana Jones and Satipo stand before this door at the sanctuary entrance, using it as a staging area before entering the dark domed chamber. Iron …
Sturdy overhead beam spans the edge of a black pit beneath the foyer's cobwebbed false floor. Indy wraps his whip around it, yanks to test …
Narrow recessed holes pierce the domed sanctuary's ancient stone walls, hiding launch points for poisoned darts. Indy spots one while scanning traps, torch in hand …
Ten evenly spaced skylights pierce the domed ceiling of the sanctuary and cast precise shafts of sunlight across the white and black tiled floor. The …
Alternating white and black tiles cover the domed sanctuary floor, forming a deadly puzzle. Indiana Jones probes them with a torch, spots a recessed dart …
Satipo grabs a small stone from the sanctuary foyer's floor amid dust and cobwebs, then drops it into the black pit under the false floor. …
Indy scoops handfuls of loose dirt from the sanctuary floor around the altar, starting in the initial decoy preparation. He packs it tightly into a …
Second Nazi grips his submachine gun tightly, leveling it alongside the Mongolian's matching weapon during the standoff in The Raven. They advance the barrels to …
The shaman soaks a coarse rag in liquid and presses it against the emaciated boy's forehead inside the dimly lit hut. Indiana Jones holds the …
Hanging lanterns swing above the crowded Shanghai square at night, casting flickering light on vendors, rickshaws pulled by coolies, and scattering prostitutes. The Duesenberg clips …
The engines drive the ship transporting Indy and Marion across the sea. They cut out without warning, filling the cabin with heavy silence that jolts …
Loose, jagged rock grabbed from the Pankot mineshaft floor by Short Round to break the chain binding his ankle. Distinct from the railroad tie, as …
A piece of gum chewed by Short Round during the ballroom scene, serving as a behavioral detail that emphasizes his street-smart vigilance and ability to …
Used solely by Short Round to escape the Thuggee mines; distinct from other climbing aids or weapons in the episode.
Ceiling-mounted trap in the Pankot Palace mine, featuring rhythmic descending blades that narrow the chamber space vertically. Triggered by time/pressure, not light interruption; designed for …
Several heavy stone blocks lie scattered in the alley after removal from the rear wall of Hok’s Museum. Their absence carves a fresh, jagged hole …
Carved stone elephant statues perched atop a column *near the altar* in the Thuggee temple's lava chamber, serving as the *bullwhip anchor* for Indiana Jones' …
Unidentified objects litter the tunnel floor, prompting Willie's sharp cry of 'Ohh! What’s that?! There’s stuff all over the floor!' as she hesitates at the …
A tent stands amid the chaotic Tanis excavation site under morning light. Indiana Jones and Sallah, disguised as Arab diggers, ride in the back of …
Dozens of heavy trucks dot the Tanis dig site and stretch into the desert, kicking up dust as they haul dirt and supplies for the …
Ten German Wolf submarines array in a rough semicircle around the Bantu Wind. Deck guns stand manned and trained on the freighter, while heavily-armed boarding …
Plush throne cushion positions General Tengtu Hok at the center of his palace tea room, where he sits enthroned amid ceremonial service to three German …
Sturdy wooden tables and fixed bar counters fill the cramped interior of The Raven. Marion ducks behind an overturned table during Belzig's interrogation. Indy positions …
Positioned in the afternoon sky over the open ocean, the sun beats down on the narrow dry sliver of Indy's body clinging to the submarine …
The Radioman clamps the headset over his ears on the Wurrfler's conning tower amid tense commands between Shliemann and the captain. He speaks sharp communications …
A thin column of smoke curls upward from the entrance to the Well at Indy's dig site just before dawn. Omar and his men spot …
A fixed ladder used by Indiana Jones, Willie Scott, and Short Round to descend into the Thuggee mines as an escape route from Mola Ram. …
Fixed industrial conveyor system in the quarry, serving as the battleground for Indy’s fight with the Thuggee Giant.
Towering carved stone figure of Kali looms over the altar in the Thuggee Temple of Death. Four arms clutch a sword and severed head, marking …
Shiny metallic lamé gowns cling tightly to the bodies of beautiful Thuggee cult women during their procession down the silver stairway in The Dragon nightclub. …
A tiny poisoned dart launches from a recessed hole in the sanctuary's ancient stone wall when Indy taps a black tile during his floor test. …
Rails line the floor of the cramped, lantern-lit train tunnel. Mine cars roll slowly along them, bearing the Ark toward Berlin. Belloq and Shliemann stand …
Sturdy support beams arch low across the cramped, lantern-lit train tunnel, spaced about every 40 feet to create tight clearance points. Shliemann ducks beneath them …
Truck positions in Nazi camp to yank stuck jeep free. Sallah stretches rope taut from truck's front to jeep's rear, truck engine revving to deliver …
Two Arab boys wield these brooms to sweep Indy's truck tire tracks from Omar’s square, erasing evidence in seconds amid unfurled tents and fruit carts. …
Ammunition spills across the deserted alley pavement from the upended basket two Arabs carry. Rounds scatter amid pistols and rifles when the lid flies off …
Black veiled gowns worn by women in Cairo's narrow streets and packed bazaars. The garments combine full-coverage gowns and face-veils that obscure individual features, producing …
Bolts and folds of fine cloth hang from vendor stalls and carts along the crowded Cairo bazaar street. Vendors display them amid other goods, their …
Vendors display jewelry on stalls amid the heaving Cairo street crowd. Necklaces, bracelets, and rings glint under the sun as merchants shout offers. Indy drags …
Indy flicks his whip to sever a vendor's support pole, sending a tall stack of metal pots and pans crashing down in a thunderous clatter. …
Willie Scott snatches a portable lamp from the claustrophobic tunnel's dim confines and twists its dial to maximum brightness. The sudden glare pierces the darkness, …
Willie Scott extracts a small mirror from her possessions and angles it to inspect her makeup while seated at the negotiation table in the Shanghai …
Willie Scott dims these lights in her opulent palace suite, casting intimate shadows that envelop the space in a seductive glow. She adjusts them deliberately …
Sheer, billowing curtains in Willie Scott’s suite that catch moonlight to cast eerie shadows, framing her disheveled state and underscoring the palace’s deceptive luxury amid …
The Wurrfler Captain lights this cigarette while leaning against the periscope in the sub's docking bay turret, eyes on the Ark unloading below. Flame flares …