Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
In 1936 an archaeologist and adventurer is hired by US Army Intelligence to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis do, a race that takes him from a South American temple to the Himalayas, the Egyptian desert and a secret island base.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Temple of the golden idol≈ 00:00:30Jungle temple, South AmericaStated on screenFictional
Indy steals a golden idol from a booby-trapped temple, outruns the boulder, loses the idol to Belloq and escapes on a seaplane.
- 2Marshall College≈ 00:12:30InferredFictional
Back teaching, Indy is briefed by Army Intelligence on the Nazi search for the Ark and agrees to go after the headpiece of the Staff of Ra.
- 3The Raven bar≈ 00:21:00The Raven bar, NepalStated on screenFictional
Indy finds Marion running a bar in the mountains; Toht's men burn it down in the fight over the medallion and Marion joins Indy.
- 4Cairo, Egypt≈ 00:33:30Stated on screen
- 5Dig site and Well of Souls≈ 00:56:00Tanis, EgyptStated on screen
- 6Aboard the Bantu Wind≈ 01:29:00Mediterranean Sea, off EgyptInferred
- 7Nazi island base≈ 01:37:00InferredFictional
- 8Washington, D.C.≈ 01:49:00Inferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 33,091 km
- Places
- 8
- Countries
- 4
- Stops
- 8
- Plane: 22,942 km
- Not shown: 8,502 km
- Boat: 1,648 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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