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JEEP GERMAN Well bring that rope over here, you cur.
The Jeep German starts back toward his major concern: his jeep is stuck in some sand beyond the next tent. Some Arab Workers are trying in vain to budge it. Now another German has backed his truck up to it. Sallah can think of nothing to do except obey. With a worried glance at the map room, he begins untying the rope from the oil drum.
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INT. THE MAP ROOM
Indy is examining the results of Belloq’s work. Red paint marks one of the miniature buildings in the layout and a white calibrated tape has been strung from that building back to a miniature of the map room. Now Indy begins examining the mosaic base line for the staff. Sunlight has moved further down across the miniature.
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EXT. IN THE CAMP - DAY
Sallah watches nervously as his precious rope is pulled taut between the pulling truck and the stuck jeep. He doesn’t notice that he has chosen to stand next to a large, steaming kettle of food until --
HUNGRY GERMAN (O.S.)
Bring us some of that!
He points to the kettle. Sallah looks frantically from the rope, back to the skylight of the map room, to the kettle of food.
HUNGRY GERMAN
Now, idiot!
Sallah picks up some serving pieces and gets to work.
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INT. THE MAP ROOM
The moment has arrived. Even the tension of the circumstances cannot distract Indy from the purity of what he is about to do. All his calculations are adjustments complete, Indy takes the Staff of Ra and places it -- CLINK! -- in the right depression on the base line. This is as active and exciting moment as any archeologist can dream of and, at heart, that is exactly what Indy is. The sunlight catches the very top of the headpiece and moves within a fraction of an inch of the tiny hole in its sun.
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