Raiders of the Lost Ark: historical accuracy
Added 2024-12-23 23:25:08 +0000 UTCWait, you mean it isn't an archaeology documentary??
My main sources for the background and making of the movie are
Brian Jay Jones, George Lucas: A Life (New York: Back Bay Books, 2016)
Joseph McBride, Steven Spielberg: A Biography (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997)
For Nazi interest in archaeology I used Bernard Mees, “Hitler and Germanentum,” Journal of Contemporary History 39, no. 2 (2004): 255–70, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3180724.
Comments
They were totally different from what’s in the movie- jet powered, could only fit 1 guy in there, but interesting.
Cristy Zamora
2025-01-22 14:10:35 +0000 UTCCame to say this! Understandably Japan also worked on a flying wing- examples of both are in the Virginia annex of the Air and Space museum. I laughed when I saw them last year just kinda propped up against a wall in a corner.
Cristy Zamora
2025-01-22 14:08:33 +0000 UTCI loved the Scrooge McDuck comics as a kid! I can definitely see the connection to Indiana Jones
Michele Moskaluk
2025-01-19 15:36:31 +0000 UTCI'm playing the game on Twitch starting today. https://www.twitch.tv/premodernist_history If you don't watch Twitch, I'll try to find a way to make recordings of my game available on YouTube.
Premodernist
2025-01-12 15:00:48 +0000 UTCLove all the indies and hearing more about the ark. Although, just wanted to mention, the Germans did indeed experiment with flying wing aircraft, albeit not like the one in raiders exactly. The Horton Ho 229 is an experimental flying wing bomber that you can still see the remains of in the Smithsonian. I'm guessing Lucas was inspired by that one.
Steven Martin Hendrickson
2025-01-09 03:55:06 +0000 UTCInspired to go back and watch all the movies again, great video thanks!
Hayden
2025-01-02 23:42:36 +0000 UTCThat's a really good idea
Premodernist
2024-12-29 21:30:21 +0000 UTCCan you do make tier video where you rank movies according to historical accuracy?
Madhav Nair
2024-12-29 06:39:29 +0000 UTCThere’s a phenomenal novel named “All the light we cannot see” in which the narrative is driven largely by the Nazis searching for a lot of powerful mythical objects (and one in particular). If you haven’t read it I highly highly recommend! But just wanted to mention that’s another place I’ve seen this idea explored.
Niall Walsh
2024-12-28 09:12:27 +0000 UTCYes! Walker is W-I-L-D
Kevin Love Hewitt
2024-12-27 17:07:44 +0000 UTCI'm actually planning on streaming it in January!
Premodernist
2024-12-26 20:39:52 +0000 UTCThat's a good idea!
Premodernist
2024-12-26 20:38:59 +0000 UTCA new Indiana Jones video game came out. It’s very well done. You’d love it. I’d love to watch you play it and do a commentary. “Indiana Jones and the Great Circle”
John Bihn
2024-12-25 18:51:45 +0000 UTCThe history of this film is more recent than premodern, but I would love to hear you do a review of one of my favorite films: Walker (1987) directed by Alexander Cox.
Warren Commission Test Skull
2024-12-24 19:14:42 +0000 UTCLoved the video, awesome holiday treat! Dr Mark Felton has a few videos on the subject of their occult interests.
Ethan Sena
2024-12-24 16:58:13 +0000 UTCGreat!
ty zj
2024-12-24 13:42:55 +0000 UTCAwesome video! Thank you!
Bruno B
2024-12-24 11:44:20 +0000 UTC
