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Indiana Jones
"The Kidnapping"
(51:16-end
on the Phantom Train of Doom
DVD)
Written by Frank Darabont
Story by George Lucas
Directed by Peter MacDonald
Original air date: June 5, 1993
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Indy, Remy, and Selous are captured
by the Germans.
Read the "November 1916" entry of the
It’s Not the Years, It’s the Mileage Indiana Jones
chronology for a summary of this episode
Notes from the Indiana Jones chronology
This episode takes place in German East Africa, late
November 1916.
Didja Know?
The title I've used for this episode ("The Kidnapping")
is based simply on the British plot to kidnap German colonel
Paul Von Lettow-Vorbeck in this episode. This episode is the
second part of The
Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Phantom Train of Doom,
a TV movie packaged for the Family Channel originally from two
scripts of the Young
Indiana Jones Chronicles,
"German East Africa, Early November 1916"
("The Phantom Train of Doom") and "German East
Africa, Late November 1916" ("The Kidnapping").
Notes from the Old Indy bookends of
The
Young Indiana Chronicles
There were no Old Indy bookends for this episode.
Notes from
The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones
The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones is a 2008 publication
that
purports to be Indy's journal as seen throughout The
Young Indiana Chronicles
and the big screen Indiana
Jones movies. The publication is also annotated with notes
from a functionary of the
Federal Security
Service (FSB) of the Russian Federation, the successor
agency of the Soviet Union's KGB. The FSB relieved Indy of his
journal in 1957 during the events of Indiana
Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
The notations imply the journal was released to other
governments by the FSB in the early 21st Century. However, some
bookend segments of The
Young Indiana Chronicles
depict Old Indy still in
possession of the journal in 1992. The discrepancy has never
been resolved.
The events of this episode are not covered in the journal. The
pages jump from August 1916 ("Trenches
of Hell") to November 1918 and the end of the war (The
Treasure of the Peacock’s Eye).
Characters appearing or mentioned in this episode
Colonel Paul Von Lettow-Vorbeck
Major Richard Meinertzhagen
Bill "Big Mac" MacMillan
Captain Frederick Selous
General Jan Christiaan Smuts
Mr. Golo
Birdy Soames
Donald Parks
Indiana Jones
Remy Baudouin
Suzette Chambin (Remy's wife, mentioned only)
Remy's stepchildren (mentioned only)
Margaret Trappe
Margaret Trappe's mother (mentioned only)
German soldiers
Didja Notice?
Colonel Paul Von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870-1964) was a real world
German Army officer who eventually reached the rank of general.
For virtually the entire war, he held German East Africa against
a much larger force of Allied powers.
Margaret Trappe (1884-1957) was a real world female German big
game hunter in Africa. She assisted
Von Lettow-Vorbeck's command as a wilderness guide for a short
time during the war. Her mother was known as the best female
aviator in Africa, as Selous implies here. I have not been able
to confirm that Frederick Selous ever had an affair with her
mother; that was probably made up for the episode.
At 55:27 and 1:13:52 on the DVD, Remy says Mon Dieu.
This is French for "my god."
When Birdy shoves
Margaret under the floorboards of the wagon to hide her from the
Germans, he tells her, "Not quite the Ritz, my dear, but you'll
have to make do." The Ritz is a luxury hotel chain (now more
properly known as
Ritz-Carlton).
The car seen in the German camp at 1:01:42 on the DVD is a 1930
Chevrolet
Universal. Selous' team steals it later to make an escape from the
camp.
Von Lettow-Vorbeck reminds Selous that they last crossed paths
in the Karoo mountains. Karoo is a semi-desert region of South
Africa.
At 1:04:56 on the DVD, Birdy pulls a
Webley Mk
VI revolver on the German guard in the cellhouse.
At 1:07:07 on the DVD, German guards appear to be using
Mauser
M1916 Guardia Civil short rifles.
The dusty vehicle seen at 1:13:59 on the DVD, is a 1929
Chevrolet International Phaeton.
The vehicles at 1:14:55 on the DVD are a 1930
Ford Model A
and a silver/gray 1928 International Harvester.
At 1:15:32 on the DVD, Remy tries to use a Lewis Gun found in
the balloon, but it's jammed. Margarete also has a Lewis Gun
mounted on the biplane she flies later in the episode.
The motorcycle seen at 1:16:36 on the DVD is a 1970 Yamaha DT
125. 1970?!
When her biplane is shot and she is forced to land at 1:18:53 on
the DVD,
Margarete says "Verdammt." This is German for
"damn it."
Trying to prevent the crash of the balloon after it is shot up,
Indy and Remy decide to throw "everything" overboard to stay
aloft. Indy throws the Lewis Gun down and Remy is seen throwing
over a couple of chests. But, earlier, when they were
throwing stuff over to keep above the German pursuit, they'd
said they'd thrown over everything except the weapons. So where
did those last chests come from?
This episode depicts that Remy seems fond of saying "I hate when
that happens."
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The biplane Margarete flies has a figure painted on the
side. What is it? It almost looks like a grim reaper. |
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At 1:28:21 on the DVD, Indy holds an
FN Model
1910 handgun on the colonel.
Margarete holds a
Mauser Pocket Pistol on Indy at the same time.
Memorable Dialog
I don't have your figure.mp3
a bigger idiot.mp3
there must have been 80 of them.mp3
it's like kidnapping my father.mp3
if you were my troops, I'd have you flogged.mp3
any broken bones.mp3
I'll thank you to stop accepting my surrender.mp3
you're not going to get me to eat a giant termite.mp3
maybe you could marry the chief's daughter.mp3
nice
shot.mp3
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