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He kisses her forehead, jumps up and hurries out of the tent.
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EXT. SAND DUNE OUTSIDE DIGS - DAY
With the digs behind them, Indy and Sallah run up to the ridge of the dune and over the top. At the bottom of the far side, Omar’s truck is parked. Omar and his men are waiting.
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EXT. DIFFERENT DUNE - DAY
This new spot gives Indy a higher, better view of the whole scene. Indy is using a surveyor’s instrument to take a reading -- WHAT HE SEES. Looking through the instrument, Indy gets a line from the map room through the site where the Nazis are digging in the dunes to a spot several dunes over. We focus on that virgin spot of well-hidden sand as --
INDY
There!
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EXT. INDY’S DIG - DAY
Omar’s truck is parked at the stop just viewed from afar. Dunes rise on either side. One of Omar’s men has been posted as a lookout up on a ridge. Everybody else -- Indy, Sallah, Omar, and his men -- have begun digging for the Well of the Souls.
DISSOLVE TO:
SAME SCENE, NIGHT. They continue to dig furiously, all of them drenched in sweat. The hole has grown but this is slow, back-breaking work.
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INT. COMMAND TENT - TANIS DIGS - NIGHT
Belloq, SHLIEMANN the ranking Nazi, and Shliemann’s Aide, GOBLER, come into the tent, which is full of charts and maps, drawings of the Ark, radio equipment, liquor and food. The men have been out digging for the Well all day. They are tired, discouraged, testy. In all matters, Gobler shows his alliance with Shliemann against Belloq with small looks and body language. The Frenchman has disappointed them and he is feelings the isolation of a scapegoat. Belloq gets himself a drink as Shliemann towels off his face.
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