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The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
★ 6.5/10•1992•TV-G•Action & Adventure•Drama•Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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At the dawn of the 20th century, Indiana Jones discovered the world. From globetrotting family expeditions as a 9-year-old to the battlefields of World War I as a teenager, Indy’s experiences shaped the heroic, whip-cracking archaeologist he would become. At every turn, Indy encounters history in the making, meeting true-life activists, soldiers, writers, artists, and thinkers who helped influence the world we live in today.

StatusCanceled
LanguageEN
First Air DateMar 4, 1992

Episodes

Episode 1 - Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the JackalE185m

Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal

Indiana Jones describes to two truant boys his early life with his family and his dog. In Oxford 1908, Indy meets Helen Seymour, whom Henry requests to teach him on their voyage to Egypt. After an expedition to the pyramids, T. E. Lawrence invites Indy to the excavation of Ka's tomb, where he meets his friend Rashid, assistant to archeologist Howard Carter. The next day, Rashid is found murdered and the jackal headpiece stolen. Dimitrius, the chief blaster of the excavation, is revealed to be behind this, but he flees. In Mexico 1916, Indy is captured by Mexican revolutionaries, but is rescued by a Belgian called Remy. As Indy gets involved in the war, he recognises Dimitrius, who is collaborating with the US. After hearing how hypocritically the revolutionaries act, Indy and Remy decide to leave but not before Indy fights and defeats Dimitrius, to recover the jackal.

Mar 4, 1992

Episode 2 - London, May 1916E296m

London, May 1916

While having a meeting with his financier, Dr. Indiana Jones is reminded of the great love of his life, Vicky Prentiss. He met her in London in 1916 when she was working as a bus conductor and he was trying to pick up another woman (a war widow to be precise). Indy and Remy had just arrived to enlist in the Belgian army and were waiting to be send to La Havre for training.

Mar 11, 1992

Episode 3 - British East Africa, September 1909E346m

British East Africa, September 1909

Indy is at the Metropolitan Foundation for Educational Quality's Annual Celebrity Tennis Shoe Auction & Dinner, at the City Hotel & Conference Center. Two women sit at his table; one is an animal rights activist and vegetarian while the other holds opposing views. The two begin to fight, with Indy in the middle. He tells them that it reminds him of when he and his family were on his father's world lecture tour, and were invited to a coffee plantation in British East Africa that was owned by a friend of his father.

Mar 18, 1992

Episode 4 - Verdun, September 1916E446m

Verdun, September 1916

Indiana Jones (as Corporal Henri Defense) is working as a motorcycle courier for the French army. He has numerous close calls delivering orders to officers on the front line. When General Joseph Joffre gives Indy orders that will send men to certain death, Indy makes a courageous decision.

Mar 25, 1992

Episode 5 - German East Africa, December 1916E546m

German East Africa, December 1916

Indy (as Lieutenant Henri Defense) leads his Askari African soldiers to victory in an attack on an enemy stronghold and is promoted to Captain. His unit is sent across the Belgian Congo on an important mission, but most die of disease and exhaustion.

Apr 1, 1992

Episode 6 - Congo, January 1917E644m

Congo, January 1917

Being treated for a bee-sting to his toe, old man Indy recounts the time he spent in Albert Schweitzer's jungle hospital in Africa during the Great War. Schweitzer and his orderlies had picked up Indy and companions near death while attempting to bring a shipment of guns across the Congo. At first resistant to being treated by a German, Indy soon began to realize that Schweitzer was not interested in war, only attempting to cure people against all odds.

Apr 8, 1992

Actors

Sean Patrick Flanery

Sean Patrick Flanery

Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr.

Corey Carrier

Corey Carrier

Young Indiana Jones

Lloyd Owen

Lloyd Owen

Professor Henry Jones, Sr.

Ruth de Sosa

Anna Jones

George Hall

George Hall

Old Indiana Jones

Margaret Tyzack

Margaret Tyzack

Miss Helen Seymour

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