Objects
Physical items that carry narrative significance, from personal possessions to symbolic artifacts that shape the story.
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 …
An ominous ancient car rumbles to a stop outside Henry Jones Sr.'s book-laden study, carrying Herman and two unnamed men. Its arrival pierces the tense …
Ornate oak caskets reinforced with brass straps hold skeletal remains of knights in the flooded catacombs burial chamber. Indiana Jones and Elsa Schneider overturn one …
Elsa Schneider fetched this ancient plan from the library's map section after Henry Jones Sr. sent her to retrieve it just before his disappearance. She …
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 …
The open-cockpit, two-seat biplane used by Indiana Jones and Professor Henry Jones Sr. as their escape vehicle. Initially suspended from the Zeppelin's outer skin by …
Tail-mounted fin assembly on the biplane that Henry Jones Sr. accidentally damages with a wild swing of the rear machine gun during a mid-air chase. …
Rear-mounted machine gun aboard the biplane during a desperate mid-air firefight. Gripped and fired by Henry Jones Sr., who struggles to operate it after misinterpreting …
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 …
Brody presses this ice pack against the lump on the back of his head, a fresh wound from Kazim's interrogation by the Brotherhood. The cold …
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 …
The canal jetty extends as a narrow wooden platform along the water's edge in Venice harbor. The motorboat pulls alongside it after the propeller confrontation. …
Metal fuel drums stored aboard a storm-lashed cargo ship roll violently during Indy's brutal brawl with the Man in the Panama Hat and sailors. Indy …
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 …
Narrow, sooty vertical shaft in the castle room used by Indy and Henry for tactical hiding and ambush drop; distinct from the room's window and …
Secondary door in the hallway used exclusively as a tactical distraction. Indiana Jones knocks sharply on it to create noise, prompting muffled responses from Nazi …
Rusty wires jut from the castle wall above the window, battered by rain. Indy coils his bullwhip around them, pulls sharply to test their grip, …
A general mechanical wall in the castle's architecture that spins unpredictably during a fight, separating Indiana Jones and Henry Jones Sr. and scattering Nazi soldiers. …
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 …
Bright, defined shaft of sunlight in the Chamber of Light temple, which acts as a mechanical trap trigger when interrupted. Indy uses it to navigate …
Man-made steel railroad tracks used in a high-speed pursuit sequence where young Indiana Jones evades pursuers on horseback, dodging an oncoming train in Indiana Jones …
Dozens of small books gripped tightly by enthusiastic college students posing as children swarm Adolf Hitler at the Berlin book-burning rally. They thrust the open …
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 …
The lifeless corpse of a Nazi radioman dangles from the castle's rotating wall mechanism, swinging abruptly into the room to confront the living radiomen. Its …
Scattered boulders and rugged outcrops on the valley floor, providing horizontal cover for Indy, Henry, and Sallah. Used to observe the ambush and witness Kazim’s …
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 …
Donovan unlocks the steamer trunk in the sunlit courtyard, revealing gold and silver objects alongside stolen artifacts. These ornate treasures gleam as he offers them …
High-backed chair faces the fireplace in Castle Brunwald's firelit baronial room. Walter Donovan sits in it, the tall back hiding his identity from bound Indiana …
Open-top staff car at the forefront of Donovan’s Nazi convoy, carrying Walter Donovan, Elsa Schneider, Vogel, and captive Marcus Brody. Serves as a narrative focal …
A sign positioned above the door of the circus train's caboose displays the text 'DR. FANTASY’S MAGIC CABOOSE' in bold letters. Indiana Jones spots it …
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 …
Thick, chaotic cloud marking the collapse of the Mountain Temple in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Symbolizes the team's narrow escape and the temple's …
A thin electrical wire snakes across the floor and under a door in the shadowed hallway of Castle Brunwald. Indiana Jones spots it amid the …
A location in the Venetian Hotel, serving as both a crime scene (ransacked by Nazis) and a space of emotional confrontation between Indy and Elsa. …
Elsa races her motorboat through turbulent waters between two freighters, positioning it precisely to snatch Indiana Jones and Kazim from the spinning propeller blades that …
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 …
Mesh screen door in the front room of a 1912 home, used by young Indy to peer through and spot the Man in the Panama …